lima

Meaning

  1. (declension-1) file (carpenter's tool)
  2. (declension-1) polishing, revision (of a literary composition)

Frequency

B1
Pronounced as (IPA)
[ˈliː.ma]
Etymology

Maybe from Proto-Indo-European *sley- (“smooth; slick; sticky; slimy”). Cognates include Latin limus, English slime, German Schleim (“mucus, slime”) and Ancient Greek λίμνη (límnē, “marsh”).

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