Definitions and meaning of sima
sima
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From the Ancient Greek σιμός (simós, “bent upwards”).
Noun
sima (plural simas)
- (architecture) The upturned edge of a roof which acts as a gutter; a cyma.
Etymology 2
Coined by Eduard Suess in 1909, in Das Antlitz der Erde, as a blend of silicon + magnesium.
Noun
sima (uncountable)
- (geology) The lower layer of the earth's outer crust that underlies the sial and is rich in silica, iron, and magnesium.
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References
Anagrams
- AMIs, Amis, ISAM, Isam, M'sia, MIAs, Masi, Mias, Sami, Siam, Sámi, aims, saim, siam
Azerbaijani
Etymology
From Persian سیما.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [sæˈmɑ]
- Hyphenation: sə‧ma
Noun
sima (definite accusative simanı, plural simalar)
- face
- Synonyms: üz, sifət, bəniz
- personality (a known person)
- Synonyms: şəxsiyyət, şəxs
Declension
Further reading
Cebuano
Pronunciation
Noun
sima
- a barb; a fluke
Derived terms
Ese
Noun
sima
- needle (usually made from flying fox bone)
Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *sima, possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic *saimaz (compare German Seim (“syrup”), Old Norse seimr (“honeycomb”)). The original meaning was “mead”, but the common meaning now refers to a different beverage, albeit one that is ultimately developed from mead.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsimɑ/, [ˈs̠imɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -imɑ
- Syllabification(key): si‧ma
Noun
sima
- a nonalcoholic or low-alcohol drink made from lemon, various sugars and water, common around vappu (“May Day”)
- (dated) mead
Declension
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Derived terms
Further reading
- “sima”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
Anagrams
- Sami, Siam, amis, masi, siam
French
Noun
sima m (plural simas)
- (geology) sima
Further reading
- “sima”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Garo
Noun
sima
- rotten food
Hungarian
Etymology
Uncertain. Either derived from regional simik (“to slide”), or from a Turkic language before the times of the Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin (at the turn of the 9th and 10th centuries).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈʃimɒ]
- Hyphenation: si‧ma
- Rhymes: -mɒ
Adjective
sima (comparative simább, superlative legsimább)
- smooth, sleek (having a texture that lacks friction)
- Antonym: érdes
- flat, even, smooth (of land, road or ground, lacking elevations or protuberances)
- Antonyms: hepehupás, göröngyös
- smooth (of a body of water, without ripples or waves)
- smooth (pleasant to the senses, especially of sounds or tastes)
- plain (not having any pattern, print or decoration)
- blank (of paper, without any printed grid or lines)
- Coordinate terms: négyzethálós, kockás, vonalas
- plain, regular, ordinary (out of several varieties, the basic one without anything extra)
- continuous, smooth, unbroken (of a motion, without interruption)
- (figurative) smooth, simple, easy (without difficulty, problems or unexpected incidents)
- (knitting) knit (of a stitch, passing through the previous loop from below, creating a V-shape)
- Antonym: fordított
Declension
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References
Further reading
- sima in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Iban
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /simaʔ/
Noun
sima
- navel (of a snake)
Indonesian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsi.ma/
- Rhymes: -ma, -a
- Hyphenation: si‧ma
Etymology 1
Borrowed from English sima (“lower layer of Earth's outer crust”), blend of silicon + magnesium.
Noun
sima (first-person possessive simaku, second-person possessive simamu, third-person possessive simanya)
- (geology) sima: The lower layer of the earth's outer crust that underlies the sial and is rich in silica, iron, and magnesium.
Alternative forms
Etymology 2
Learned borrowing from Old Javanese sīma, from Sanskrit सीमा (sīmā, “limit, bounds, frontier”).
Noun
sima (plural sima-sima, first-person possessive simaku, second-person possessive simamu, third-person possessive simanya)
- (archaeology) territory that is made or has a holy place and is exempt from taxes
- Synonym: perdikan
Further reading
- “sima” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Jamamadí
Noun
sima
- (Banawá) sister
References
- 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.
Latin
Adjective
sīma
- inflection of sīmus:
- nominative/vocative feminine singular
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural
Adjective
sīmā
- ablative feminine singular of sīmus
References
- “sima”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- sima in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- “sima”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia[7]
- “sima”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
Malay
Etymology
Either from English sima or a blend of silikon (“silicon”) + magnesium.
Noun
sima
- (geology) sima
Further reading
- “sima” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *sīmô (“rope, cord”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁i- (“to tie, bind”).
Pronunciation
Noun
sīma m
- cord, rope
Declension
References
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “sīma”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[8], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Spanish
Etymology
Unknown.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsima/ [ˈsi.ma]
- Rhymes: -ima
- Syllabification: si‧ma
- Homophone: (Latin America) cima
Noun
sima f (plural simas)
- abyss, chasm
- Synonyms: abismo, precipicio
Further reading
- “sima”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swahili
Pronunciation
Noun
sima (n class, plural sima)
- (dialectal) Synonym of ugali
Tagalog
Pronunciation 1
- IPA(key): /ˈsimaʔ/, [ˈsi.mɐʔ]
- Hyphenation: si‧ma
Noun
simà (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜋ)
- quill or feather at the end of an arrowshaft
- barb (projecting backward from the main point of a fishhook, harpoon, arrow, etc.)
Pronunciation 2
- IPA(key): /siˈmaʔ/, [sɪˈmaʔ]
- Hyphenation: si‧ma
Noun
simâ (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜋ)
- (fishing) small, triangularly framed dip net (used for catching shrimp and fish from a fish shelter)
- (fishing) cover pot for catching fish (similar to a salakab)
- (fishing) catching of shrimp and fish with such a tool
Derived terms
Tumbuka
Noun
sima class 9 (plural sima class 10)
- nshima (porridge made from maize or sorghum)
Veps
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *siima.
Noun
sima
- fishing line
Inflection
References
- Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “леска”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary][10], Petrozavodsk: Periodika
Yámana
Noun
sima
- water
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