limma

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English

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limma (plural limmas)

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(anatomy) hand
(anatomy) finger
(by extension, historical, figurative) a traditional Laboyan system of social ranking consisting of five strata, each of which is named after a finger.

ata madaka (“big men, i.e. free men”)
- ata ɓei (“people of the thumb”)
- ata dodoka (“people of the index finger”)
- ata kahado (“people of the middle finger”), ata ngora (“people of the face”)
ata ana (“children of men, i.e. slaves”)
- ana nda pangara (“children without a name”)
- ana kaiha (“little finger”)

Geirnaert-Martin, Danielle C. (1992), “limma”, in The Woven Land of Lamboya. Socio-cosmic Ideas and Values in West Sumba, Eastern Indonesia (CNWS Publications; 11), Leiden: Centre of Non-Western Studies, Leiden University, page 193
Rina, A. Dj.; Kabba, John Lado B. (2011), “limma”, in Kamus Bahasa Lamboya, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat [Dictionary of Lamboya Language, West Sumba Regency], Waikabubak: Dinas Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat, page 59

Borrowed from Ancient Greek λεῖμμα (leîmma).

limma n (genitive limmatis); third declension

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“limma”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
limma in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

lim (“glue”) +‎ -a

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to glue
limma ihop bitar
glue pieces together

limma fast gipsskivor på väggen
glue plasterboards to the wall
(slang, transitively with på) to hit on (someone (remaining focused on and/or near them ("glued to them")))
limma på någon
hit on ("glue on") someone

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