limlim

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *dəmdəm (gloom, darkness; dark, overcast, gloomy), *ləmləm (dark, of weather; overcast).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: lim‧lim
  • IPA(key): /limˈlim/, [lɪnˈlim]

Noun

limlím (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜋ᜔ᜎᜒᜋ᜔)

  1. sitting on eggs; brooding (of hens to hatch the eggs)
    Synonyms: halimlim, paghalimhim, yupyop, pagyupyop
  2. heat from a brooder; body warmth of a brooder
    Synonym: halimhim
  3. (by extension) incubation
    Synonym: ingkubasyon
  4. impending darkness (especially in the late afternoon)
    Synonyms: kulimlim, silim
  5. (obsolete) eclipse (especially a solar eclipse)
    Synonyms: eklipse, laho

Derived terms

  • limliman
  • lumimlim
  • magpalimlim
  • palimliman

Further reading

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