λίμα

See also: Λίμα

Greek

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈli.ma/
  • Hyphenation: λί‧μα
  • Homophones: λύμα (lýma), λήμμα (límma)

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian lima.

Noun

λίμα • (líma) f (plural λίμες)

  1. file, rasp
  2. nail file, emery board
Declension
  • λιμάρω (limáro, “to file”)
  • λιμάρισμα n (limárisma, “filing”)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Byzantine Greek λίμα (líma), itself a backformation from verb λιμάζω (limázō, “starve, famish”).

Noun

λίμα • (líma) f (plural λίμες)

  1. (colloquial) Synonym of πείνα (peína), extreme hunger, gluttony
Declension
Synonyms
  • λόρδα f (lórda, “extreme hunger”) (colloquial) and see: πείνα f (peína, “hunger”)
  • λαιμαργία f (laimargía, “gluttony”)
  • λιμάζω (limázo, “starve, famish”)
  • λιμάρης (limáris, adjective)
  • λιμάρικος (limárikos, adjective)
  • λιμασμένος (limasménos, “famished”, participle) (colloquial)

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