limlim

Tagalog

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /limˈlim/ [lɪmˈlim]
  • Rhymes: -im
  • Syllabification: lim‧lim

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
  • chapter LIMLIM, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (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”
    • page 264: “Eclipſi) Limlim [(pc)] del sol”
    • page 272: “Empollar) Limlim (pc) la galllina los gueuos”
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