limos

limos

1. plural of limo

• milos, Milos, moils, Olims

Borrowed from Spanish limosna, with the ⟨na⟩ lost as it conflicts with na. Compare Masbatenyo limos and Tagalog limos.

• IPA^(key): /liˈmos/ [l̪iˈmos]
• Hyphenation: li‧mós

limós (Basahan spelling ᜎᜒᜋᜓᜐ᜔)

1. alms
2. charity

   Synonym: karidad

• IPA^(key): /ˈlimos/
• Rhymes: -imos
• Syllabification: li‧mos

limos

1. future of limi

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈliː.moːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈliː.mos]
• Hyphenation: lī‧mōs

līmōs

1. accusative plural of līmus

Borrowed from Spanish limosna, with the ⟨na⟩ lost as it conflicts with na. Compare Central Bikol limos and Tagalog limos.

• Hyphenation: li‧mós

limós

1. alms

• IPA^(key): /ˈlimos/ [ˈli.mos]
• Rhymes: -imos
• Syllabification: li‧mos

limos

1. plural of limo

Borrowed from Spanish limosna, from Old Spanish almosna, from Vulgar Latin *alēmosyna, from Late Latin eleēmosyna, borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐλεημοσύνη (eleēmosúnē), from ἐλεήμων (eleḗmōn) + -σῠ́νη (-sŭ́nē).

The final syllable ⟨na⟩ lost as it possibly got reinterpreted as the word na (“now”). Compare Central Bikol limos and Masbatenyo limos.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /liˈmos/ [lɪˈmos]
• Rhymes: -os
• Syllabification: li‧mos

limós (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜋᜓᜐ᜔)

1. alms

   Synonym: palimos

2. giving of alms

   Synonym: paglilimos

• Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835), Vocabulario de la lengua Tagala, primera y segunda parte. En la primera, se pone primero el Castellano, y despues el Tagalo. Y en la segunda al contrario, que son las raíces simples con sus acentos.‎^[1] (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: La Imprenta nueva de D. José María Dayot, por Tomás Oliva.
• Zorc, David Paul (1985), Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 4, page 215