# limpa
## English
### Etymology

From Swedish limpa (“loaf [of bread]”).

### Noun

limpa (uncountable)
* Swedish-style rye bread made with molasses.
    Synonyms: limpa bread, Swedish limpa bread

### Anagrams

* -pamil, milpa

## Galician
### Verb

limpa
* inflection of limpar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Adjective

limpa f sg
* feminine singular of limpo

## Guinea-Bissau Creole
### Etymology

From Portuguese limpar. Cognate with Kabuverdianu limpa.

### Verb

limpa
* to wipe
* to clean

## Indonesian
### Etymology

Inherited from Malay ليمڤا (limpa, “spleen”). Cognate with Javanese ꦭꦶꦩ꧀ꦥ (limpa).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈlɪmpa]
* Hyphenation: lim‧pa
* Rhymes: -pa

### Noun

limpa (plural limpa-limpa)
* (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.
    Synonyms: kura, lien

#### Usage notes

The word is often confused with limfa (“lymph”).

### 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
* to wipe
* to clean

## Malay
### Pronunciation

* Rhymes: -pa
* This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

### Noun

limpa (Jawi spelling ليمڤا, plural limpa-limpa, informal 1st possessive limpaku, 2nd possessive limpamu, 3rd possessive limpanya)
* (anatomy) spleen

### Further reading

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

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlĩ.pɐ/

### Etymology 1
#### Verb

limpa
* inflection of limpar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Etymology 2
#### Adjective

limpa
* feminine singular of limpo

#### Participle

limpa
* feminine singular of limpo

## Swedish
### Etymology

Akin to English lump and its ultimate source.

### Noun

limpa c
* a loaf of bread
* a carton (of cigarettes)
* (nonstandard) a roll (of snus)
    Synonym: stock

#### 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: /limˈpaʔ/ [lɪmˈpaʔ]
* Rhymes: -aʔ
* Syllabification: lim‧pa

#### Noun

limpâ (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜋ᜔ᜉ) (anatomy)
* spleen
    Synonyms: pali, baso, lapay

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish linfa, from Latin lympha (“(clear) water”), from Ancient Greek νύμφη (númphē). Doublet of nimpa.

#### Pronunciation

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

#### Noun

limpa (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜋ᜔ᜉ) (physiology)
* lymph

### Further reading

* “limpa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
* Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 368