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

Cognate with Javanese ꦭꦶꦩ꧀ꦥ (limpa)

Pronunciation

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

Noun

limpa (first-person possessive limpaku, second-person possessive limpamu, third-person possessive limpanya)

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.

   Synonym: lien

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, informal 1st possessive limpaku, 2nd possessive limpamu, 3rd possessive limpanya)

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)

1. (anatomy) spleen

   Synonyms: pali, baso, lapay

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish linfa.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

limpa (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜋ᜔ᜉ)

1. (anatomy) lymph