# timba
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish timba.

### Noun

timba (uncountable)
* A Cuban salsa-derived music.
** 2009 January 30, Ben Ratliff, “Salsa, Timba and a Dance-Happy String Quartet”, in New York Times‎:Mr. Grau’s band doesn’t play classicized salsa and timba.

### Anagrams

* BTAIM, ambit, imbat

## Catalan
### Etymology

From a pre-Roman root *timpa. Compare Italian timpa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈtim.bə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈtim.ba]

### Noun

timba f (plural timbes)
* precipice
    Synonym: precipici
* gambling house
    Synonym: casa de joc
* (colloquial) a game of cards where money is wagered

#### Derived terms

* estimbar

### Further reading

* “timba” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Ibaloi
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *timba.

### Noun

timba
* bucket

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Malay timba, from Classical Malay تيمبا (timba), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *timba.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈt̪im.ba]
* Hyphenation: tim‧ba

### Noun

timba (plural timba-timba)
* bailer; dipper
    Synonyms: cedok, pencedok, gayung
* bucket; pail
    Synonyms: ember, baldi, sauk

#### Derived terms

* bertimba
* bertimbakan
* ditimba
* menimba
* penimba
* penimbaan
* tertimba
* tertimbakan

### Further reading

* “timba” 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.

## Javanese

Javanese writing system :
| Carakan | ꦠꦶꦩ꧀ꦧ |
| Pegon | |
| Roman | timba |

### Etymology

From Old Javanese timba, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *timba.

### Noun

timba
* bucket
    Synonym: èmbèr

#### Derived terms

* nimba

### Further reading

* The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2011) “timba”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), 2nd edition, Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN

## Kankanaey
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *timba.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Kankanaey) IPA: /ˈtimba/ [ˈti̞m.bʌ]
* Rhymes: -imba
* Syllabification: tim‧ba

### Noun

timba
* bucket

## Kayapa Kallahan
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *timba.

### Noun

timba
* bucket

## Malay
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *timba.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tim.ba/
* (Johor-Riau) IPA: [ˈt̪im.ba], [ˈt̪im.bə]
* Rhymes: -ba, -a, -bə, -ə

### Noun

timba (Jawi spelling تيمبا, plural timba-timba, informal 1st possessive timbaku, 2nd possessive timbamu, 3rd possessive timbanya)
* bailer; dipper; hand bucket
    Synonyms: gayung, cebok, limas

#### Derived terms

Regular affixed derivations:
* penimba [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
* penimbaan [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
* menimba [agent focus] (meN-)
* ditimba [patient focus] (di-)
* tertimbakan [agentless action + causative benefactive] (teR- + -kan)
* bertimba [stative / habitual] (beR-)
* bertimbakan [stative / habitual + causative benefactive] (beR- + -kan)

#### Descendants

* Indonesian: timba

### Further reading

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

## Old Javanese
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *timba.

### Noun

timba
* bucket for drawing water from a well

#### Derived terms

* animba
* katimba
* patimba
* timba-timban

#### Descendants

* Javanese: timba

### Further reading

* "timba" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

## Portuguese
### Noun

timba f (plural timbas)
* (Angola, Mozambique) aardvark (Orycteropus afer, a mammal)
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:orictéropo

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtimba/ [ˈt̪ĩm.ba]
* Rhymes: -imba
* Syllabification: tim‧ba

### Noun

timba f (plural timbas)
* timba (Cuban salsa-derived music)
* a gambling match, an instance of playing a game of chance
* an unofficial or illegal gambling establishment or casino
* (colloquial, Mexico, Central America) belly
    Synonym: panza

### Further reading

* “timba”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Tagalog
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *timba. Compare Ibaloi timba, Waray-Waray timba, and Javanese ꦠꦶꦩ꧀ꦧ (timba).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /timˈbaʔ/ [t̪ɪmˈbaʔ]
* Rhymes: -aʔ
* Syllabification: tim‧ba

### Noun

timbâ (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜋ᜔ᜊ)
* bucket; pail (especially one used to fetch water from an open well)
    Synonyms: balde, (Rizal) sintang
* act of fetching water from an open well (using a bucket or pail)
    Synonym: pagtimba
* (figurative) acquirement of big amount of money (from a small investment)
    Synonyms: tipak, pagtipak

#### Derived terms

* pagtimba
* timbaan
* timbain
* timbs

### Further reading

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

## Waray-Waray
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *timba.

### Noun

timbâ
* bucket; pail