timba

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *timba

Tagalog timbabor.

Spanish timbabor.

English timba

Borrowed from Spanish timba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɪm.bə/, /tiːm.bə/
  • (intrusive R) IPA^(key): /tɪm.bə(ɹ)/, /tiːm.bə(ɹ)/
• Homophone: (non-rhotic, first pronunciation) timber

Noun

timba (uncountable)

1. A Cuban salsa-derived style of music.
   • 2009 January 30, Ben Ratliff, “Salsa, Timba and a Dance-Happy String Quartet”, in The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 November 2023:

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

Anagrams

• BTAIM, ambit, imbat

Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Noun

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

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

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *timba.

Noun

timba

1. bucket

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈtimba/ [ˈt̪im.ba]
• Rhymes: -imba
• Syllabification: tim‧ba

Noun

timba (plural timba-timba)

1. bailer; dipper

   Synonyms: cedok, pencedok, gayung

2. bucket; pail

   Synonyms: ember, baldi, sauk

Derived terms

• bertimba
• bertimbakan
• ditimba
• menimba
• penimba
• penimbaan
• tertimba
• tertimbakan

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

Javanese writing system
Carakan	ꦠꦶꦩ꧀ꦧ
Pegon
Roman	timba

Etymology

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

Noun

timba

1. bucket

   Synonym: èmbèr

Derived terms

• nimba

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

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *timba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtimba/ [ˈti̞m.bʌ]
• Rhymes: -imba
• Syllabification: tim‧ba

Noun

timba

1. bucket

Kayapa Kallahan

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *timba.

Noun

timba

1. bucket

Makasar

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *timba (“dipper, bailer, bucket”) or Borrowed from Malay timba (“dipper, bucket”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtimba/, [ˈt̪ʰĩm.ba]
• Syllabification: tim‧ba

Noun

timba (Lontara spelling ᨈᨗᨅ or 𑻦𑻳𑻤, definite timbaya)

1. well bucket, dipper, bailer (used in certain derivations and compounds)

   Synonym: seʼroʼ

Derived terms

affixations

• attimba
• patimba
• timbaang
• timbài

compounds

• keʼroʼ timba
• koe timba
• timba roang

References

• Cense, A. A. (1979), Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek [Makasar-Dutch dictionary], 's-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page 808

Makassar Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtimba/

Noun

timba

1. dipper

   Kakakku napinjangi timbaku napake mandi

   My older sibling borrowed my dipper to take a shower.

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *timba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tim.ba/
• (Southern Peninsular Malaysia Standard) IPA^(key): [ˈt̪im.ba], [ˈt̪im.bə]
• Rhymes: -ba, -a, -bə, -ə

Noun

timba (Jawi spelling تيمبا, plural timba-timba)

1. bailer; dipper; hand bucket

   Synonyms: gayung, cebok, limas

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• penimba [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
• penimbaan [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
• menimba [agent focus] (meN-)
• ditimba [patient focus] (di-)
• tertimbakan [agentless action + causative benefactive] (teR- + -kan)
• bertimba [stative / habitual] (beR-)
• bertimbakan [stative / habitual + causative benefactive] (beR- + -kan)

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
  (also see "timba" at PRPM first version)

Old Javanese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *timba.

Noun

timba

1. bucket for drawing water from a well

Derived terms

• animba
• katimba
• patimba
• timba-timban

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

timba

Noun

timba f (plural timbas)

1. (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)

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

Derived terms

• timbear

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *timba

Tagalog timbabor.

Spanish timba

Borrowed from Tagalog timba.

Noun

timba f (plural timbas)

1. (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), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026
• “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. [Filipino Pocket Handbook or Spanish–Tagalog Manual of Familiar Conversation. Followed by a Curious Vocabulary of Manileño Idioms.], 12.ᵃ edition (overall work in Philippine Spanish and Tagalog), Escolta, Manila: Establecimiento tipografico de Ramirez y Giraudier, á cargo de C. Miralles. [Typographic establishment of Ramirez and Giraudier, under the management of C. Miralles.], page 123

Tagalog

Etymology

Inherited 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)

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

Derived terms

• pagtimba
• timbaan
• timbain
• timbs

Descendants

• → Spanish: timba

Further reading

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

Waray-Waray

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *timba.

Noun

timbâ

1. bucket; pail