limo

Clipping of limousine.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈlɪ.məʊ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈlɪ.moʊ/

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• Rhymes: -ɪməʊ

limo (plural limos)

1. (slang) Clipping of limousine.
   • 2015, “King Kunta”, in To Pimp a Butterfly, performed by Kendrick Lamar:

     Limo tinted with the gold plates / Straight from the bottom, this the belly of the beast / From a peasant to a prince to a motherfuckin' king

• stretch limo

• Milo, OIML, milo, moil

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limo (plural limo's)

1. Clipping of limousine.

• Hyphenation: li‧mo

limo

1. to keep something a secret

limo

1. a ritual for teething a child

milo

Central Dusun numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: limo     Ordinal: kolimo

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

limo

1. five

From Spanish limón.

limo

1. lemon.

• IPA^(key): /ˈli.moː/
• Hyphenation: li‧mo

limo f (plural limo's)

1. (informal) Clipping of limousine.

limo f (plural limo's)

1. (Netherlands, informal) Clipping of limonade.

Derived from Latin līmes.

• IPA^(key): [ˈlimo]

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• Rhymes: -imo
• Hyphenation: li‧mo

limo (accusative singular limon, plural limoj, accusative plural limojn)

1. border, frontier, boundary

   Coordinate terms: bordo, rando

   La Pireneoj formas la naturan limon inter Hispanio kaj Francio.

   The Pyrenees form the natural border between Spain and France.

   • 1997, Gerrit Berveling, transl., La Sankta Biblio‎^[1], Germana Esperanto-Asocio, archived from the original on 4 March 2016, I Makabeoj 1:3:

     Li penetris ĝis la ekstremaj limoj de la tero kaj kaptis predon de multaj nacioj.

     And went through to the ends of the earth, and took spoils of many nations, […]

2. (figurative) limit, breaking point

   Mi atingis mian limon, mi ne povas plu elteni.

   I've reached my limit; I can't take it anymore.

From dialectal Swedish lime (“bundle of wickers or leaves”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈlimo/, [ˈlimo̞]
• Rhymes: -imo
• Hyphenation^(key): li‧mo

limo

1. Synonym of juhannuskoivu.

• Ilmo, olmi

From Latin līmus (“mud, slime”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈlimʊ]

limo m (plural limos)

1. mucus, especially the mucus of a cow in heat
2. green seaweed that covers humid or submerged surfaces

   Synonym: verdello

3. slime

limo

1. first-person singular present indicative of limar

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “limo”, 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), “limo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “limo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

• IPA^(key): /ˈli.mo/
• Rhymes: -imo
• Hyphenation: lì‧mo

From Latin līmus (“mud, slime”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂leyH- (“to smear”).

limo m (plural limi)

1. mud, slime
2. silt

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

limo

1. first-person singular present indicative of limare

• Lomi, Milo, moli, olmi

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈliː.moː/, [ˈlʲiːmoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈli.mo/, [ˈliːmo]

From līma (“a file, rasp”).

līmō (present infinitive līmāre, perfect active līmāvī, supine līmātum); first conjugation

1. to sharpen
2. to file, file off
3. to polish, finish
4. (figuratively) to investigate accurately

Conjugation of līmō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	līmō	līmās	līmat	līmāmus	līmātis	līmant
	imperfect	līmābam	līmābās	līmābat	līmābāmus	līmābātis	līmābant
	future	līmābō	līmābis	līmābit	līmābimus	līmābitis	līmābunt
	perfect	līmāvī	līmāvistī	līmāvit	līmāvimus	līmāvistis	līmāvērunt, līmāvēre
	pluperfect	līmāveram	līmāverās	līmāverat	līmāverāmus	līmāverātis	līmāverant
	future perfect	līmāverō	līmāveris	līmāverit	līmāverimus	līmāveritis	līmāverint
	sigmatic future1	līmāssō	līmāssis	līmāssit	līmāssimus	līmāssitis	līmāssint
passive	present	līmor	līmāris, līmāre	līmātur	līmāmur	līmāminī	līmantur
	imperfect	līmābar	līmābāris, līmābāre	līmābātur	līmābāmur	līmābāminī	līmābantur
	future	līmābor	līmāberis, līmābere	līmābitur	līmābimur	līmābiminī	līmābuntur
	perfect	līmātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	līmātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	līmātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	līmem	līmēs	līmet	līmēmus	līmētis	līment
	imperfect	līmārem	līmārēs	līmāret	līmārēmus	līmārētis	līmārent
	perfect	līmāverim	līmāverīs	līmāverit	līmāverīmus	līmāverītis	līmāverint
	pluperfect	līmāvissem	līmāvissēs	līmāvisset	līmāvissēmus	līmāvissētis	līmāvissent
	sigmatic aorist1	līmāssim	līmāssīs	līmāssīt	līmāssīmus	līmāssītis	līmāssint
passive	present	līmer	līmēris, līmēre	līmētur	līmēmur	līmēminī	līmentur
	imperfect	līmārer	līmārēris, līmārēre	līmārētur	līmārēmur	līmārēminī	līmārentur
	perfect	līmātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	līmātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	līmā	—	—	līmāte	—
	future	—	līmātō	līmātō	—	līmātōte	līmantō
passive	present	—	līmāre	—	—	līmāminī	—
	future	—	līmātor	līmātor	—	—	līmantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		līmāre	līmāvisse	līmātūrum esse	līmārī	līmātum esse	līmātum īrī
participles		līmāns	—	līmātūrus	—	līmātus	līmandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		līmandī	līmandō	līmandum	līmandō	līmātum	līmātū

¹At least one use of the archaic "sigmatic future" and "sigmatic aorist" tenses is attested, which are used by Old Latin writers; most notably Plautus and Terence. The sigmatic future is generally ascribed a future or future perfect meaning, while the sigmatic aorist expresses a possible desire ("might want to").

• līmātē
• līmātus

From līmus (“mud, slime”).

līmō (present infinitive līmāre, perfect active līmāvī, supine līmātum); first conjugation, no passive

1. to besmirch
2. to bespatter with mud

Conjugation of līmō (first conjugation, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	līmō	līmās	līmat	līmāmus	līmātis	līmant
	imperfect	līmābam	līmābās	līmābat	līmābāmus	līmābātis	līmābant
	future	līmābō	līmābis	līmābit	līmābimus	līmābitis	līmābunt
	perfect	līmāvī	līmāvistī	līmāvit	līmāvimus	līmāvistis	līmāvērunt, līmāvēre
	pluperfect	līmāveram	līmāverās	līmāverat	līmāverāmus	līmāverātis	līmāverant
	future perfect	līmāverō	līmāveris	līmāverit	līmāverimus	līmāveritis	līmāverint
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	līmem	līmēs	līmet	līmēmus	līmētis	līment
	imperfect	līmārem	līmārēs	līmāret	līmārēmus	līmārētis	līmārent
	perfect	līmāverim	līmāverīs	līmāverit	līmāverīmus	līmāverītis	līmāverint
	pluperfect	līmāvissem	līmāvissēs	līmāvisset	līmāvissēmus	līmāvissētis	līmāvissent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	līmā	—	—	līmāte	—
	future	—	līmātō	līmātō	—	līmātōte	līmantō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		līmāre	līmāvisse	līmātūrum esse	—	—	—
participles		līmāns	—	līmātūrus	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		līmandī	līmandō	līmandum	līmandō	līmātum	līmātū

• Romanian: ima
• Sicilian: lippu (?)

• “limo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “limo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• limo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• limo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to polish, finish a work with the greatest care: perpolire, limare diligenter librum, opus
    

Minangkabau cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : limo     Ordinal : kalimo

From Proto-Malayic *lima(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

limo

1. five

• IPA^(key): /ˈli.mɔ/

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• Rhymes: -imɔ
• Syllabification: li‧mo

limo n

1. (colloquial) black eye

   Synonym: podkowa

• limo in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• limo in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• Hyphenation: li‧mo

limo m (plural limos)

1. mud, slime, silt

   Synonym: lodo

2. seaweed, wack (weeds, vegetation or rubbish floating on a river or pond)

limo

1. first-person singular present indicative of limar

• IPA^(key): /ˈlimo/ [ˈli.mo]
• Rhymes: -imo
• Syllabification: li‧mo

Borrowed from Latin līmus, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ley- (“slime, slimy, sticky, slippery”).

limo m (plural limos)

1. mud, slime, silt

   Synonyms: barro, lodo

limo

1. first-person singular present indicative of limar

• Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “limo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume III (G–Ma), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 656

• “limo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

From Proto-Philippine *lima, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

limo

1. five

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima.

limo

1. five