amba

From Amharic ዐምባ (ʿämba).

amba (plural ambas)

1. A characteristic landform in Ethiopia: a steep-sided, flat-topped mountain, often the site of a settlement.

From Arabic عَمْبَة (ʕamba) and Hebrew עמבה; ultimately from Sanskrit आम्र (āmra).

amba (uncountable)

2. A tangy mango pickle used as a condiment in the Middle East.

• AABM, AMAB, BAAM, BMAA, Bama, MAAB, bama

• IPA^(key): /am.baʔ/

amba

1. lowing or mooing sound of cattle

amba

1. to moo, low as of cattle

• inga

ámba

1. chant, sing

• IPA^(key): /ˈampa/

  Rhymes: -ampa

amba f (genitive singular ömbu, nominative plural ömbur)

1. alternative form of amaba

• IPA^(key): /ˈam.ba/
• Rhymes: -amba
• Hyphenation: àm‧ba

Borrowed from Amharic አምባ (ʾämba).

amba f (plural ambe)

1. (geology) a characteristic landform in Ethiopia, consisting of a steep-sided, flat-topped mountain

amba f (plural ambe)

1. (usually in the plural) circumlocution, periphrasis

   Synonyms: (formal) circonlocuzione, (colloquial) giro di parole, perifrasi

• amba in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• amba in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

amba

1. romanization of ꦲꦩ꧀ꦧ

amba

1. plural of uwa

• Roger Blench, The Anib (=Kanufi) language of Central Nigeria and its affinities, page 3, 2011

From Proto-Bantu *-bàmba (“to stretch and peg a hide”).

• IPA^(key): /aᵐba/

amba (infinitive kwamba)

1. to peg (out), to pitch
2. to stretch out
3. to do first

• kwambata

• mwambato class 3

• kwambĩrĩria

• kĩambĩrĩria class 7
• mwambĩrĩrio class 3

• rwambo class 11

• rwambo rũmwe rũtiambaga ndarwa

• Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu, p. 360. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).
• “amba” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 7. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

amba

1. romanization of ᠠᠮᠪᠠ

• IPA^(key): /amba/

amba

1. actually

Unknown, probably *ba +‎ aN- as Proto-Mon-Khmer *wah~*lwah (“wide”).

amba

1. broad, wide

• Javanese: ꦲꦩ꧀ꦧ (amba, “wide”)

amba

1. vegetables, condiments with a meat-dish

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

From Sanskrit आम्र (āmra).

amba m

1. the mango tree, Mangifera indica

amba n

1. the mango fruit

• ambaphala (“mango fruit”)
• ambavana (“mango grove”)

• Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “amba”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

amba

1. vocative singular of ambā (“mummy”)

From Proto-Bantu *-gàmba (“to speak, to answer”).

• Audio (Kenya):

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amba-

1. which; who (relative pronoun)
   • 18th century, Abdallah bin Ali bin Nasir, Al-Inkishafi‎^[1], translation from R. Allen (1946) “Inkishafi—a translation from the Swahili”, in African Studies, volume 5, number 4, →DOI, pages 243–249, stanza 6:

     نِيَضِهِرِشِ يَغُ مَقَالِ ، اَبَيُ مُيُوْنِ نِقُصُدِيِ

     Niyaḍihirishe yangu maqali, ambayo moyoni niquṣudiye.

     Let me set forth the plan which I have in my heart.

-amba (infinitive kwamba)

1. to say, to explain

Conjugation of -amba
Positive present -naamba Subjunctive -ambe Negative -ambi Imperative singular amba
Infinitives
Positive kwamba kuamba Negative kutoamba
Imperatives
Singular amba Plural ambeni
Tensed forms
Habitual huamba Positive past positive subject concord + -liamba Negative past negative subject concord + -kuamba
Positive present (positive subject concord + -naamba) Singular Plural 1st person ninaamba/naamba tunaamba 2nd person unaamba mnaamba 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anaamba wanaamba other classes positive subject concord + -naamba
Negative present (negative subject concord + -ambi) Singular Plural 1st person siambi hatuambi 2nd person huambi hamwambi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) haambi hawaambi other classes negative subject concord + -ambi
Positive future positive subject concord + -taamba Negative future negative subject concord + -taamba
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -ambe) Singular Plural 1st person niambe tuambe 2nd person uambe mwambe 3rd person m-wa(I/II) aambe waambe other classes positive subject concord + -ambe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -siambe Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngeamba Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singeamba Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngaliamba Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singaliamba
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -aamba) Singular Plural 1st person naamba twaamba 2nd person waamba mwaamba 3rd person m-wa(I/II) aamba waamba m-mi(III/IV) waamba yaamba ji-ma(V/VI) laamba yaamba ki-vi(VII/VIII) chaamba vyaamba n(IX/X) yaamba zaamba u(XI) waamba see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwaamba pa(XVI) paamba mu(XVIII) mwaamba
Perfect positive subject concord + -meamba "Already" positive subject concord + -meshaamba "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jaamba "If/When" positive subject concord + -kiamba "If not" positive subject concord + -sipoamba Consecutive kaamba / positive subject concord + -kaamba Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kaambe
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -niamba -tuamba 2nd person -kuamba -waamba/-kuambeni/-waambeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mwamba -waamba m-mi(III/IV) -uamba -iamba ji-ma(V/VI) -liamba -yaamba ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kiamba -viamba n(IX/X) -iamba -ziamba u(XI) -uamba see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuamba pa(XVI) -paamba mu(XVIII) -muamba Reflexive -jiamba
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -amba- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -ambaye -ambao m-mi(III/IV) -ambao -ambayo ji-ma(V/VI) -ambalo -ambayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -ambacho -ambavyo n(IX/X) -ambayo -ambazo u(XI) -ambao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -ambako pa(XVI) -ambapo mu(XVIII) -ambamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -amba) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yeamba -oamba m-mi(III/IV) -oamba -yoamba ji-ma(V/VI) -loamba -yoamba ki-vi(VII/VIII) -choamba -vyoamba n(IX/X) -yoamba -zoamba u(XI) -oamba see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -koamba pa(XVI) -poamba mu(XVIII) -moamba
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative: -ambia
  • Causative: -ambisha
  • Passive: -ambwa, -ambiwa
  • Stative: -ambika

• Nominal derivations:
  • chambo
  • jambo

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔamˈbaʔ/ [ʔɐmˈbaʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: am‧ba

ambâ (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜋ᜔ᜊ)

1. uncle

   Synonyms: tito, tiyo, tiyuhin, tiyong, amain, (slang) tsong

2. (dialectal) grandfather

   Synonym: lolo

• ba — clipping

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔamˈbaʔ/ [ʔɐmˈbaʔ], (nonstandard) /ʔamˈba/ [ʔɐmˈba]
• Rhymes: -aʔ, (nonstandard) -a
• Syllabification: am‧ba

ambâ or ambá (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜋ᜔ᜊ)

1. threatening gesture

   Synonyms: yamba, akma

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

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-jàmba.

-amba (infinitive kwamba)

1. to begin, to commence

• -amba mwampu
• ciyambo

• Wm. Y. Turner, Tumbuka/Tonga-English and English-Tumbuka/Tonga Dictionary, 1996

From Proto-Bantu *-gàmba (“to speak, to answer”).

amba

1. to speak

From Proto-Bantu *-gàmba (“to speak, to answer”).

-amba

1. to be sarcastic

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “amba”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “amba (6.6-3)”