limeta

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɪmɛta]

Noun

limeta f

1. lime (green citrus fruit)

   Synonym: limetka

Declension

Declension of limeta (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	limeta	limety
genitive	limety	limet
dative	limetě	limetám
accusative	limetu	limety
vocative	limeto	limety
locative	limetě	limetách
instrumental	limetou	limetami

Further reading

• “limeta”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• “limeta”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Galician

Etymology

Ultimately from Andalusian Arabic لِيمْمَ (līmma), from Persian نیمه (nime, “half”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /liˈmeta/ [liˈme.t̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -eta

Noun

limeta f (plural limetas)

1. flask, bottle

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “limeta”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “limeta”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish limeta, from Andalusian Arabic لِيمْمَ (līmma) + -eta, from Persian نیمه (nime, “half”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /liˈmeta/ [lɪˈmɛː.t̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -eta
• Syllabification: li‧me‧ta

Noun

limeta (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜋᜒᜆ) (obsolete)

1. bottle with a short but wide belly, and long narrow neck similar to a flask or a flagon

Usage notes

• According to Fr. San Buena Ventura (1613), the limeta was made out of clay and then painted, or made out of glass.

Derived terms

• limi-limitahan

 

Related terms

• limetilya

 

See also

• botelya
• garapa

 

Further reading

• “limeta”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[1] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
• Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835) Tomas Oliva, editor, Vocabulario de la lengua tagala: primera, y segunda parte.‎^[2] (in Spanish), La imprenta nueva de D. Jose Maria Dayot
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[3], La Noble Villa de Pila
  • page 329: “Garrafa) Limeta (pp) es como la de Caſtilla pero de barro, ay las muy padas”
  • page 520: “Redoma) Limeta (pp) es de barro y đ hechura dela đ vidrio”