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Limba1, n. and a.|ˈlɪmbə|
Also Limbah.
[Native name.]
A. n.
a. A member of a West African people inhabiting Sierra Leone.
b. The language of the Limbas.
B. adj. Of or pertaining to this people or their language.
1902Encycl. Brit. XX. 624/1 Sierra Leone is inhabited by about a dozen distinct African peoples, the most important being the Mende, Temne, Limba [etc.]. 1925T. N. Goddard Handbk. Sierra Leone iii. 55 The Limbas may be found in the north of the Temne country. 1925H. C. Luke Bibliogr. Sierra Leone (ed. 2) 149 The Wesleyan Methodist Catechism in Limbah. 1951K. L. Little Mende of Sierra Leone 71 The Limba wear gowns of native cloth and tight shorts of the same material. 1954R. Lewis Sierra Leone xii. 118 When a Limba chief dies, weird moans issue from it [sc. a cave]. Limbas can hear the dead man being brought to Kumba the Krifi. 1964C. Fyfe Sierra Leone Inheritance 20 He killed the Limbas and sold them. |