# limba
## English
### Etymology

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

### Noun

limba (plural limbas)
* A large African tree, Terminalia superba, whose hard wood is used for furniture, table tennis paddles and musical instruments.
** 1965, Theodore Geiger, editor, Agrifor and U.S. Plywood in the Congo, Issue 12, page 50:This was the wood of the limba tree — a native of the Mayumbe forest — from which is produced a beautifully grained, blond, high-quality veneer for plywood and other uses.
** 1991, Ján Borota, tropical forests: some African and Asian case studies of composition and structure, Elsevier, page 101:Limba occurred in blocks a, c and d and varied from 0.1 to 0.6 exploitable trees per hectare on average.
** 1994, Richard C. Schultz, Joe P. Colletti, editors, Opportunities for Agroforestry in the Temperate Zone Worldwide: Proceedings of the Third North American Agroforestry Conference, page 242:Because of the decline of harvestable Limba trees in natural forests, a reforestation program was then undertaken by the government using local seed sources [5].

#### Synonyms

* (Terminalia superba): afara

#### Translations
### References

* Irvine, F. R. (1961) Woody Plants of Ghana: With Special Reference to Their Uses‎, London: Oxford University Press, page 135

### Anagrams

* mbila, milab

## Aromanian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈlimba]

### Noun

limba f
* definite singular nominative of limbã
* definite singular accusative of limbã

## Cebuano
### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: lim‧ba

### Noun

limba
* the color pink

### Adjective

limba
* having a pink colour

## Czech
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈlɪmba]

### Noun

limba f
* Swiss stone pine (Pinus cembra)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “limba”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “limba”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

## Lingala
### Etymology

Probably from Proto-Bantu *dímb (“forget”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈli˩.ᵐba˩/

### Verb

-limba (infinitive kolimba)
* (rare) forget
* (rare) mistake, be mistaken

#### Derived terms

* limbisa
* limbola

### References

* “limba” in Dictionnaire lingala-français

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Middle High German līm-boum, līm-bām, līn-boum, līn-bām.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlim.ba/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -imba
* Syllabification: lim‧ba

### Noun

limba f
* Swiss pine (Pinus cembra)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* limba in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* limba in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Romanian
### Alternative forms

* лимба (limba) — Moldovan Cyrillic spelling

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈlimba]

### Noun

limba f
* definite nominative/accusative singular of limbă

## Sardinian
### Alternative forms

* limma, linga
* lingua (Campidanese)

### Etymology

From Latin lingua. For the change /ɡʷ/ > /b/, compare Romanian limbă.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlimba/

### Noun

limba f (plural limbas)
* tongue
    M’apo mossigadu sa limba ― I bit my own tongue
* language
    Synonyms: faeddu, faedhónzu, faedhóngiu, faedhada, prallata
    limba sarda ― Sardinian language
* speech (faculty of speaking)
    Synonyms: faeddu, paràula
    perdere sa limba ― to be left speechless (literally, “to lose the tongue”)

#### Derived terms

* limbazu, limbàgiu
* limbatza

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlimba/ [ˈlĩm.ba]
* Rhymes: -imba
* Syllabification: lim‧ba

### Noun

limba f (plural limbas)
* limba

### Noun

limba m or f by sense (plural limbas)
* Limba

## Tok Pisin
### Etymology 1

From Malay lembah.

#### Noun

limba
* valley

### Etymology 2

From Malay rimba.

#### Noun

limba
* jungle