limpa

See also: límpa

English

Etymology

From Swedish limpa (“loaf [of bread]”).

Noun

limpa (uncountable)

1. Swedish-style rye bread made with molasses.

   Synonyms: limpa bread, Swedish limpa bread

Anagrams

• -pamil, milpa

Galician

Verb

limpa

1. inflection of limpar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Adjective

limpa f sg

1. feminine singular of limpo

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese limpar. Cognate with Kabuverdianu limpa.

Verb

limpa

1. to wipe
2. to clean

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay ليمڤا (limpa, “spleen”). Cognate with Javanese ꦭꦶꦩ꧀ꦥ (limpa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɪmpa]
• Hyphenation: lim‧pa
• Rhymes: -pa

Noun

limpa (plural limpa-limpa)

1. (anatomy) spleen, in vertebrates, including humans, a ductless vascular gland, located in the left upper abdomen near the stomach, which destroys old red blood cells, removes debris from the bloodstream, acts as a reservoir of blood, and produces lymphocytes

   Synonyms: kura, lien

Usage notes

The word is often confused with limfa (“lymph”).

See also

• limfa (“lymph”)

Further reading

• “limpa” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese limpar.

Verb

limpa

1. to wipe
2. to clean

Malay

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -pa

Noun

limpa (Jawi spelling ليمڤا, plural limpa-limpa)

1. (anatomy) spleen

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlĩ.pɐ/

Etymology 1

Verb

limpa

1. inflection of limpar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Etymology 2

Adjective

limpa

1. feminine singular of limpo

Participle

limpa

1. feminine singular of limpo

Swedish

Etymology

Akin to English lump and its ultimate source.

Noun

limpa c

1. a loaf of bread
2. a carton (of cigarettes)
3. (nonstandard) a roll (of snus)

   Synonym: stock

Declension

Declension of limpa

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	limpa	limpas
	definite	limpan	limpans
plural	indefinite	limpor	limpors
	definite	limporna	limpornas

Derived terms

• köttfärslimpa (“meatloaf”)

References

• limpa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• limpa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• limpa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Malay limpa.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /limˈpaʔ/ [lɪmˈpaʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: lim‧pa

Noun

limpâ (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜋ᜔ᜉ) (anatomy)

1. spleen

   Synonyms: pali, baso, lapay

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish linfa, from Latin lympha (“(clear) water”), from Ancient Greek νύμφη (númphē). Doublet of nimpa.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈlimpa/ [ˈlim.pɐ]
• Rhymes: -impa
• Syllabification: lim‧pa

Noun

limpa (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜋ᜔ᜉ) (physiology)

1. lymph

Further reading

• “limpa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 368