limpa

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

limpa (uncountable)

1. Swedish-style rye bread made with molasses.

   Synonyms: limpa bread, Swedish limpa bread

• -pamil, milpa

limpa

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

limpa f sg

1. feminine singular of limpo

From Portuguese limpar. Cognate with Kabuverdianu limpa.

limpa

1. to wipe
2. to clean

Inherited from Malay limpa. Cognate with Javanese ꦭꦶꦩ꧀ꦥ (limpa).

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

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

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

• limfa (“lymph”)

• “limpa”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

From Portuguese limpar.

limpa

1. to wipe
2. to clean

limpa

1. bread

lim̃pa

1. third-person present of li̇̀pti

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• Rhymes: -pa

limpa (Jawi spelling ليمڤا, plural limpa-limpa or limpa²)

1. (anatomy) spleen

• "limpa" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

limpa

1. bread

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limpa

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

limpa

1. feminine singular of limpo

limpa

1. feminine singular of limpo

Of unknown origin. Possibly related to lump (“rags, scrap cloth”), compare Norwegian Nynorsk lompe and English lump. First attested in 1594^[1].

limpa c

2. a loaf of bread

   Synonym: brödlimpa

   skära upp en limpa bröd

   cut up a loaf of bread

3. a carton (of cigarettes)
4. (nonstandard) a roll (of snus)

   Synonym: stock

• brödskiva (“slice of bread”)
• skalk (“heel”)
• skorpa (“crust”)

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

Borrowed from Malay limpa. Compare Indonesian limpa (“spleen”) and Javanese ꦭꦶꦩ꧀ꦥ (limpa).

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

limpâ (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜋ᜔ᜉ) (anatomy)

1. spleen

   Synonyms: pali, baso, lapay

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

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

limpa (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜋ᜔ᜉ) (physiology)

1. lymph

• “limpa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 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