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Is limma a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word limma is a Scrabble US word. The word limma is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word limma is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

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5-letter words (1 found)

LIMMA,

4-letter words (6 found)

IMAM,LIMA,MAIL,MAIM,MALI,MALM,

3-letter words (8 found)

AIL,AIM,AMI,LAM,MAL,MAM,MIL,MIM,

2-letter words (8 found)

AI,AL,AM,LA,LI,MA,MI,MM,

You can make 23 words from limma according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of limma

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Definitions and meaning of limma

limma

Alternative forms

  • leimma

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin limma.

Noun

limma (plural limmas)

  1. (music) Any of several small musical intervals, such as the semitone

Anagrams

  • MAMIL, Mamil, Milam

Laboya

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *lima.

Numeral

limma

  1. five

Noun

limma

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

Meronyms

  • 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”)

References

  • 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

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek λεῖμμα (leîmma).

Noun

limma n (genitive limmatis); third declension

  1. a semitone

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

References

  • “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.

Swedish

Etymology

lim (“glue”) +‎ -a

Verb

limma (present limmar, preterite limmade, supine limmat, imperative limma)

  1. to glue
  2. (slang, transitively with på) to hit on (someone (remaining focused on and/or near them ("glued to them")))

Conjugation

References

  • limma in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • limma in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • limma in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
  • Slangopedia
  • Fula Ordboken

Source: wiktionary.org