kima

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kima (“giant clam”).

• IPA^(key): /ki.ma/
• (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): [ˈkimä], [ˈkimə]
• Rhymes: -ima, -ma, -a

kima (Jawi spelling کيما‎, plural kima-kima, informal 1st possessive kimaku, 2nd possessive kimamu, 3rd possessive kimanya)

1. giant clam

• Indonesian: kima

• “kima” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kima (“giant clam”). Cognate with Malay kima, Palauan kim (“kind of clam”).

kima

1. giant clam

• IPA^(key): /²çiː.mɑ/

kima (present tense kimar, past tense kima, past participle kima, passive infinitive kimast, present participle kimande, imperative kima/kim)

1. a-infinitive form of kime

From Portuguese queimar and Spanish quemar and Kabuverdianu kema.

kima

1. to burn

• IPA^(key): /ˈki.ma/

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• Rhymes: -ima
• Syllabification: ki‧ma

kima

1. third-person singular present of kimać

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Borrowed from Arabic قِيمة‎ (qīma).

kima (ki-vi class, plural vima)

1. extent, measure, value, amount, price

• Baldi, Sergio (2020-11-30) Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 254 No. 2360

From Hindi क़ीमा (qīmā)/Urdu قیمہ‎ (qīma), from Persian قیمه‎ (qime), ultimately from Turkic, perhaps Ottoman Turkish قیمه‎ (kıyma).

kima (ki-vi class, plural vima)

1. keema, a type of mincemeat

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kima (ki-vi class, plural vima)

1. blue monkey
2. any monkey in general

• (Chinese astrology signs) alama za unajimu wa Kichina; panya (“rat”), ng'ombe (“ox”), chui milia (“tiger”) or babara, sungura (“rabbit”), dragoni (“dragon”), nyoka (“snake”), farasi (“horse”), mbuzi (“goat”), kima (“monkey”), jogoo (“rooster”) or jimbi, mbwa (“dog”), nguruwe (“pig”) ^{(Category: sw:Astrology) [edit]}

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kima (“giant clam”). Cognate with Malay kima, Palauan kim (“kind of clam”).

kimâ

1. large shellfish

kimá

1. held between the palms of both hands

kima

1. whose (genitive)