limlim

Tagalog

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /limˈlim/ [lɪmˈlim]
• Rhymes: -im
• Syllabification: lim‧lim

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

• “limlim”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[1], La Noble Villa de Pila
  • page 58: “Anublarſe) Limlim (pc) el çielo”
  • page 264: “Eclipſi) Limlim [(pc)] del sol”
  • page 272: “Empollar) Limlim (pc) la galllina los gueuos”