timba
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Spanish timba.
=== Pronunciation ===
=== Noun ===
timba (uncountable)
A Cuban salsa-derived style of music.
=== Anagrams ===
BTAIM, ambit, imbat
== Catalan ==
=== Etymology ===
From a pre-Roman root *timpa. Compare Italian timpa.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈtim.bə]
IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈtim.ba]
=== Noun ===
timba f (plural timbes)
precipice
Synonym: precipici
gambling house
Synonym: casa de joc
(colloquial) a game of cards where money is wagered
==== Derived terms ====
estimbar
=== Further reading ===
“timba”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
== Ibaloi ==
=== Etymology ===
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *timba.
=== Noun ===
timba
bucket
== Indonesian ==
=== Etymology ===
From Malay timba, from Classical Malay تيمبا (timba), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *timba.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): [ˈt̪im.ba]
Hyphenation: tim‧ba
=== Noun ===
timba (plural timba-timba)
bailer; dipper
Synonyms: cedok, pencedok, gayung
bucket; pail
Synonyms: ember, baldi, sauk
==== Derived terms ====
=== Further reading ===
“timba”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
== Javanese ==
=== Etymology ===
From Old Javanese timba, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *timba.
=== Noun ===
timba
bucket
Synonym: èmbèr
==== Derived terms ====
=== Further reading ===
The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2011), “timba”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), 2nd edition, Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN
== Kankanaey ==
=== Etymology ===
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *timba.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈtimba/ [ˈti̞m.bʌ]
Rhymes: -imba
Syllabification: tim‧ba
=== Noun ===
timba
bucket
== Kayapa Kallahan ==
=== Etymology ===
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *timba.
=== Noun ===
timba
bucket
== Malay ==
=== Etymology ===
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *timba.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /tim.ba/
(schwa-variety) IPA(key): [ˈt̪im.ba], [ˈt̪im.bə]
Rhymes: -ba, -a, -bə, -ə
=== Noun ===
timba (Jawi spelling تيمبا, plural timba-timba or timba2)
bailer; dipper; hand bucket
Synonyms: gayung, cebok, limas
==== Derived terms ====
==== Descendants ====
Indonesian: timba
=== Further reading ===
"timba" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
== Old Javanese ==
=== Etymology ===
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *timba.
=== Noun ===
timba
bucket for drawing water from a well
==== Derived terms ====
==== Descendants ====
Javanese: timba
=== Further reading ===
"timba" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.
== Portuguese ==
=== Noun ===
timba f (plural timbas)
(Angola, Mozambique) aardvark (Orycteropus afer, a mammal)
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:orictéropo
=== Further reading ===
“timba”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Spanish ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈtimba/ [ˈt̪ĩm.ba]
Rhymes: -imba
Syllabification: tim‧ba
=== Etymology 1 ===
==== Noun ====
timba f (plural timbas)
timba (Cuban salsa-derived music)
a gambling match, an instance of playing a game of chance
an unofficial or illegal gambling establishment or casino
(colloquial, Mexico, Central America) belly
Synonym: panza
===== Derived terms =====
=== Etymology 2 ===
Borrowed from Tagalog timba.
==== Noun ====
timba f (plural timbas)
(Philippines) bucket; pail (especially one used to fetch water from an open well)
Synonym: balde
=== Further reading ===
“timba”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
“timba”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010
Abella, Venancio María de (1874), Vade-Mecum Filipino ó manual de la conversacion familiar Español-Tagalog. Seguido de un curioso Vocabulario de Modismos Manileños., 12.ᵃ edition (overall work in Philippine Spanish and Tagalog), Escolta, Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier, á cargo de C. Miralles., page 123
== Tagalog ==
=== Etymology ===
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *timba. Compare Ibaloi timba, Waray-Waray timba, and Javanese ꦠꦶꦩ꧀ꦧ (timba).
=== Pronunciation ===
(Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /timˈbaʔ/ [t̪ɪmˈbaʔ]
Rhymes: -aʔ
Syllabification: tim‧ba
=== Noun ===
timbâ (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜋ᜔ᜊ)
bucket; pail (especially one used to fetch water from an open well)
Synonyms: balde, (Rizal) sintang
act of fetching water from an open well (using a bucket or pail)
Synonym: pagtimba
(figurative) acquirement of big amount of money (from a small investment)
Synonyms: tipak, pagtipak
==== Derived terms ====
==== Descendants ====
→ Spanish: timba
=== Further reading ===
“timba”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
== Waray-Waray ==
=== Etymology ===
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *timba.
=== Noun ===
timbâ
bucket; pail