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Lim
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Appendix:Variations of "lim"
English
Etymology 1
From en ko -, including ko ^임, ko 林 or ko 任; ko ^림, ko 林.
Alternative forms
en Rhim
Proper noun
en Korean.
en Im
en Parija Kavilanz His $13 million secret: 'Gloving' w:CNN https://money.cnn.com/2015/06/05/smallbusiness/brian-lim-emazinglights-edm/index.html 2015-06-05 "I took $100, bought microlights and made the gloves myself," said Lim. 7 February 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20240519144812/https://money.cnn.com/2015/06/05/smallbusiness/brian-lim-emazinglights-edm/index.html 19 May 2024
Etymology 2
en nan-hbl 林 Lîm, en nan-tws 林 lim5, en hak 林 lim2. en Lin Lam.
Alternative forms
en Lin via Mandarin
en Lam via Cantonese
Proper noun
en Hokkien,Teochew,Hakka.
Anagrams
en ilm ILM Mil MLI MIL mil mil.
Ilocano
Etymology
ilo :bor nan-hbl:林<tr:Lîm> + 1
Proper noun
ilo Hokkien
Indonesian
Alternative forms
id Liem chiefly pre-1947
Etymology
id nan-hbl 林 Lîm, id nan-tws - 林 Lim5 and id hak 林 Lìm.
Proper noun
id Chinese Indonesian Hokkien.
id Chinese Indonesian Teochew.
id Chinese Indonesian Hakka.
Serbo-Croatian
sh:Lim (rijeka),sr:Lim (reka),hr:Lim (rijeka)
Etymology
From sh sq lymë.Dr Ejup Mušović. Etnički procesi i etnička struktura stanovništva Novog Pazara. Beograd: Etnografski institut Srpske akademije nauka i umetnosti, 1979.
Pronunciation
Lȉm Lȋm
Proper noun
Lȉm,Lȋm m-in
sh tributary riv/Drina in c/Montenegro,Serbia,Bosnia and Herzegovina Lim
Declension
Lim Lima Limu Lim Lime Limu Limom
References
Tagalog
Etymology
tl :bor nan-hbl:林<tr:Lîm> + 1 Lam Compare id Liem.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
+
tl Chinese Filipino Hokkien
See also
tl Lam (from Cantonese)
Anagrams
tl ilm mil