timba

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Spanish timba

Noun[edit]

timba (uncountable)

  1. A Cuban salsa-derived music.
    • 2009 January 30, Ben Ratliff, “Salsa, Timba and a Dance-Happy String Quartet”, in New York Times‎[1]:
      Mr. Grau’s band doesn’t play classicized salsa and timba.

Anagrams[edit]

Catalan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

timba f (plural timbes)

  1. precipice
    Synonym: precipici
  2. gambling house
    Synonym: casa de joc
  3. (colloquial) a game of cards where money is wagered

Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Ibaloi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *timba.

Noun[edit]

timba

  1. bucket

Indonesian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈt̪im.ba]
  • Hyphenation: tim‧ba

Noun[edit]

timba (plural timba-timba, first-person possessive timbaku, second-person possessive timbamu, third-person possessive timbanya)

  1. bailer; dipper
    Synonyms: cedok, pencedok, gayung
  2. bucket; pail
    Synonyms: ember, baldi, sauk

Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Javanese[edit]

Other scripts
Carakan ꦠꦶꦩ꧀ꦧ
Roman timba

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

timba

  1. bucket
    Synonym: èmbèr

Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2015) “timba”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN


Kankanaey[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *timba.

Noun[edit]

timba

  1. bucket

Kayapa Kallahan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *timba.

Noun[edit]

timba

  1. bucket

Malay[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *timba.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

timba (Jawi spelling تيمبا, plural timba-timba, informal 1st possessive timbaku, 2nd possessive timbamu, 3rd possessive timbanya)

  1. bailer; dipper; hand bucket
    Synonyms: gayung, cebok, limas

Derived terms[edit]

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

Descendants[edit]

  • Indonesian: timba

Further reading[edit]

Old Javanese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *timba.

Noun[edit]

timba

  1. bucket for drawing water from a well

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

Further reading[edit]

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

Portuguese[edit]

timba

Noun[edit]

timba f (plural timbas)

  1. (Angola, Mozambique) aardvark (Orycteropus afer, a mammal)
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:orictéropo

Spanish[edit]

Noun[edit]

timba f (plural timbas)

  1. timba (Cuban salsa-derived music)
  2. a gambling match, an instance of playing a game of chance
  3. an unofficial or illegal gambling establishment or casino
  4. (colloquial, Mexico, Central America) belly
    Synonym: panza

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Tagalog[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /timˈbaʔ/, [tɪmˈbaʔ]
  • Hyphenation: tim‧ba

Noun[edit]

timbâ (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜋ᜔ᜊ)

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

Derived terms[edit]

Waray-Waray[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *timba.

Noun[edit]

timbâ

  1. bucket; pail
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