limlim

limlim

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *dəmdəm (“gloom, darkness; dark, overcast, gloomy”), *ləmləm (“dark, of weather; overcast”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: lim‧lim
• IPA^(key): /limˈlim/, [lɪnˈlim]

Noun

limlím (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜋ᜔ᜎᜒᜋ᜔)

1. sitting on eggs; brooding (of hens to hatch the eggs)

   Synonyms: halimlim, paghalimhim, yupyop, pagyupyop

2. heat from a brooder; body warmth of a brooder

   Synonym: halimhim

3. (by extension) incubation

   Synonym: ingkubasyon

4. impending darkness (especially in the late afternoon)

   Synonyms: kulimlim, silim

5. (obsolete) eclipse (especially a solar eclipse)

   Synonyms: eklipse, laho

Derived terms

• limliman
• lumimlim
• magpalimlim
• palimliman

 

Further reading

• “limlim”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018
• Fr. Pedro de San Buena Ventura (1613), Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero, La Noble Villa de Pila, page 58: “Anublarſe) Limlim (pc) el çielo”
• Fr. Pedro de San Buena Ventura (1613), Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero, La Noble Villa de Pila, page 264: “Eclipſi) Limlim [(pc)] del sol”
• Fr. Pedro de San Buena Ventura (1613), Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero, La Noble Villa de Pila, page 272: “Empollar) Limlim (pc) la galllina los gueuos”