# kima
## Balinese
### Romanization

kima
* Romanization of ᬓᬶᬫ

## Javanese
### Romanization

kima
* Romanization of ꦏꦶꦩ

## Malay
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kima (“giant clam”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ki.ma/
* (Johor-Riau) IPA: [ˈkimä], [ˈkimə]
* Rhymes: -ima, -ma, -a

### Noun

kima (Jawi spelling کيما, plural kima-kima, informal 1st possessive kimaku, 2nd possessive kimamu, 3rd possessive kimanya)
* giant clam

#### Descendants

* Indonesian: kima

### Further reading

* “kima” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Mapun
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kima (“giant clam”). Cognate with Malay kima, Palauan kim (“kind of clam”).

### Noun

kima
* giant clam

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /²çiː.mɑ/

### Verb

kima (present tense kimar, past tense kima, past participle kima, passive infinitive kimast, present participle kimande, imperative kima/kim)
* a-infinitive form of kime

## Papiamentu
### Etymology

From Portuguese queimar and Spanish quemar and Kabuverdianu kema.

### Verb

kima
* to burn

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈki.ma/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ima
* Syllabification: ki‧ma

### Etymology 1

Deverbal from kimać.

#### Noun

kima f
* (colloquial, chiefly in set phrases) nap, snore, shut-eye; sleep
    Synonym: drzemka

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Kimme.

#### Noun

kima f
* (obsolete, cooperage) groove carved in a plank in which the bottom or notch is mounted
* (obsolete, basketmaking) protruding rim of a basket underneath a notch on which a basket rests

##### Declension
### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

kima
* third-person singular present of kimać

### References

* 1 2 J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1902), “kima”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 2, Warsaw, page 338

### Further reading

* Maciej Czeszewski (2006) “kima”, in Monika Szewczyk, editor, Słownik polszczyzny potocznej, 1 edition, Warsaw: Polish Scientific Publishers PWN, →ISBN, page 132
* kima in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* kima in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

## Swahili
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic قِيمة (qīma).

#### Noun

kima class VII (plural vima class VIII)
* extent, measure, value, amount, price

#### References

* ↑ Baldi, Sergio (2020 November 30) Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 254 No. 2360

### Etymology 2

From Hindi क़ीमा (qīmā)/Urdu قیمہ (qīma), from Persian قیمه (qime), ultimately from Turkic, perhaps Ottoman Turkish قیمه (kıyma).

#### Noun

kima class VII (plural vima class VIII)
* keema, a type of mincemeat

### Etymology 3

From Proto-Bantu *kímà.

#### Noun

kima class VII (plural vima class VIII)
* blue monkey
* any monkey in general

### See also

* (Chinese zodiac signs) alama za unajimu wa Kichina; panya (“rat”), ng'ombe (“ox”), chui milia (“tiger”) or babara, sungura (“rabbit”), dragoni (“dragon”), nyoka (“snake”), farasi (“horse”), mbuzi (“goat”), kima (“monkey”), jogoo (“rooster”) or jimbi, mbwa (“dog”), nguruwe (“pig”)

## Tagalog
### Alternative forms

* qima, quima — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kima (“giant clam”). Cognate with Malay kima, Palauan kim (“kind of clam”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog)
** IPA: /kiˈmaʔ/ [kɪˈmaʔ]
*** Rhymes: -aʔ
** IPA: /ˈkimaʔ/ [ˈkiː.mɐʔ] (obsolete)
* Syllabification: ki‧ma

#### Noun

kimâ (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜋ)
* large shellfish

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /kiˈma/ [kɪˈma]
* Rhymes: -a
* Syllabification: ki‧ma

#### Adjective

kimá (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜋ)
* held between the palms of both hands

##### Derived terms

* kimahin
* kumima

##### See also

* hawak
* kimis
* kimkim
* kipil
* kuyom
* taban

### Further reading

* “kima”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

### Anagrams

* kami, maki-

## Volapük
### Pronoun

kima
* whose (genitive)