timba

Spanish timba

timba (uncountable)

1. A Cuban salsa-derived music.
   • 2009 January 30, Ben Ratliff, “Salsa, Timba and a Dance-Happy String Quartet”, in New York Times‎:

     Mr. Grau’s band doesn’t play classicized salsa and timba.

• BTAIM, ambit, imbat

From a pre-Roman root *timpa. Compare Italian timpa.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈtim.bə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈtim.ba]

timba f (plural timbes)

1. precipice

   Synonym: precipici

2. gambling house

   Synonym: casa de joc

3. (colloquial) a game of cards where money is wagered

• estimbar

• “timba” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *timba.

timba

1. bucket

From Malay timba, from Classical Malay تيمبا (timba), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *timba.

• IPA^(key): [ˈt̪im.ba]
• Hyphenation: tim‧ba

timba (plural timba-timba, first-person possessive timbaku, second-person possessive timbamu, third-person possessive timbanya)

1. bailer; dipper

   Synonyms: cedok, pencedok, gayung

2. bucket; pail

   Synonyms: ember, baldi, sauk

• “timba” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

From Old Javanese timba, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *timba.

timba

1. bucket

   Synonym: èmbèr

• The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2015) “timba”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *timba.

timba

1. bucket

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *timba.

timba

1. bucket

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *timba.

• IPA^(key): /tim.ba/
• (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): [ˈt̪im.ba], [ˈt̪im.bə]
• Rhymes: -ba, -a, -bə, -ə

timba (Jawi spelling تيمبا, plural timba-timba, informal 1st possessive timbaku, 2nd possessive timbamu, 3rd possessive timbanya)

1. bailer; dipper; hand bucket

   Synonyms: gayung, cebok, limas

• Indonesian: timba

• “timba” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *timba.

timba

1. bucket for drawing water from a well

• Javanese: timba

• "timba" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

timba f (plural timbas)

1. (Angola, Mozambique) aardvark (Orycteropus afer, a mammal)

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:orictéropo

timba f (plural timbas)

1. timba (Cuban salsa-derived music)
2. a gambling match, an instance of playing a game of chance
3. an unofficial or illegal gambling establishment or casino
4. (colloquial, Mexico, Central America) belly

   Synonym: panza

• “timba”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *timba. Compare Ibaloi timba, Waray-Waray timba, and Javanese ꦠꦶꦩ꧀ꦧ (timba).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /timˈbaʔ/ [tɪmˈbaʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: tim‧ba

timbâ (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜋ᜔ᜊ)

1. bucket; pail (especially one used to fetch water from an open well)

   Synonyms: balde, (Rizal) sintang

2. act of fetching water from an open well (using a bucket or pail)

   Synonym: pagtimba

3. (figurative) acquirement of big amount of money (from a small investment)

   Synonyms: tipak, pagtipak

• “timba”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *timba.

timbâ

1. bucket; pail