lamba

• lamber (obsolete)

From Malagasy (Highlands dialect).

lamba (plural lambas or lamba)

1. The traditional garment worn by men and women in Madagascar, consisting of a rectangular length of cloth wrapped around the body.
   • 1743, Robert Drury, The Pleasant, and Surprizing Adventures of Mr. Robert Drury, during his Fifteen Years Captivity on the Island of Madagascar‎^[1], London, page 135:

     […] the Lances flew briskly at one another; one of which went thorow my Lamber, and scratch’d me […]

   • 1870, James Sibree, chapter 17, in Madagascar and its People‎^[2], London: The Religious Tract Society, page 520:

     I was, from the first, surprised by the reverent manner in which public worship is conducted—especially by the outward respect shown during prayer. Almost everyone has his face covered with the folds of the lamba, and even young children seem instinctively to know that prayer is a solemn act, and often lie at full length on the ground perfectly still, with their little heads covered by their dress.

   • 2017, Colleen J. McElroy, chapter 5, in Over the Lip of the World: Among the Storytellers of Madagascar‎^[3], Seattle: University of Washington Press, page 99:

     Wind stirred the grass, leaving streaks of gold-green light, and the patterns of lambas on women coming home from the market took on the vividness of a Degas painting.

• ambal

• lambang

• Hyphenation: lam‧ba
• IPA^(key): /lamˈba/ [l̪amˈba]

lambá

1. each, every

   Synonym: kada

lamba

1. genitive singular of lammas

lamba

1. inflection of lamber:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

lamba

1. romanization of 𐌻𐌰𐌼𐌱𐌰

Borrowed from English number.

• IPA^(key): /lám.bàː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [lám.bàː]

lambā̀ f (plural lambōbī, possessed form lambàr̃)

1. sign, distinguishing mark, trademark
2. registration number
3. vaccination
4. scratch on enamel bowl/plate

lamba

1. indefinite genitive plural of lamb

lamba

1. to cook

lamba

1. to cook

lamba n

1. (non-standard since 1938) definite plural of lamb

lamba (present tense lambar, past tense lamba, past participle lamba, passive infinitive lambast, present participle lambande, imperative lamba/lamb)

1. (pre-1938) alternative form of lamme

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃bɐ

lamba

1. inflection of lamber:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

From Sanskrit लम्ब (lamba).

lamba

1. long

From Proto-Bantu *-dàmba.

-lamba

1. to become hungry

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

lamba

1. inflection of lamber:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

• -ramba

From Proto-Bantu [Term?].

• Audio (Kenya):

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-lamba (infinitive kulamba)

1. to lick

Conjugation of -lamba
Positive present -nalamba Subjunctive -lambe Negative -lambi Imperative singular lamba
Infinitives
Positive kulamba Negative kutolamba
Imperatives
Singular lamba Plural lambeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hulamba Positive past positive subject concord + -lilamba Negative past negative subject concord + -kulamba
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nalamba) Singular Plural 1st person ninalamba/nalamba tunalamba 2nd person unalamba mnalamba 3rd person m-wa(I/II) analamba wanalamba other classes positive subject concord + -nalamba
Negative present (negative subject concord + -lambi) Singular Plural 1st person silambi hatulambi 2nd person hulambi hamlambi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) halambi hawalambi other classes negative subject concord + -lambi
Positive future positive subject concord + -talamba Negative future negative subject concord + -talamba
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -lambe) Singular Plural 1st person nilambe tulambe 2nd person ulambe mlambe 3rd person m-wa(I/II) alambe walambe other classes positive subject concord + -lambe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -silambe Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngelamba Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singelamba Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalilamba Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalilamba
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -alamba) Singular Plural 1st person nalamba twalamba 2nd person walamba mwalamba 3rd person m-wa(I/II) alamba walamba m-mi(III/IV) walamba yalamba ji-ma(V/VI) lalamba yalamba ki-vi(VII/VIII) chalamba vyalamba n(IX/X) yalamba zalamba u(XI) walamba see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwalamba pa(XVI) palamba mu(XVIII) mwalamba
Perfect positive subject concord + -melamba "Already" positive subject concord + -meshalamba "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jalamba "If/When" positive subject concord + -kilamba "If not" positive subject concord + -sipolamba Consecutive kalamba / positive subject concord + -kalamba Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kalambe
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nilamba -tulamba 2nd person -kulamba -walamba/-kulambeni/-walambeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mlamba -walamba m-mi(III/IV) -ulamba -ilamba ji-ma(V/VI) -lilamba -yalamba ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kilamba -vilamba n(IX/X) -ilamba -zilamba u(XI) -ulamba see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kulamba pa(XVI) -palamba mu(XVIII) -mulamba Reflexive -jilamba
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -lamba- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -lambaye -lambao m-mi(III/IV) -lambao -lambayo ji-ma(V/VI) -lambalo -lambayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -lambacho -lambavyo n(IX/X) -lambayo -lambazo u(XI) -lambao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -lambako pa(XVI) -lambapo mu(XVIII) -lambamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -lamba) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yelamba -olamba m-mi(III/IV) -olamba -yolamba ji-ma(V/VI) -lolamba -yolamba ki-vi(VII/VIII) -cholamba -vyolamba n(IX/X) -yolamba -zolamba u(XI) -olamba see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kolamba pa(XVI) -polamba mu(XVIII) -molamba
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

• Verbal derivations:
  • Causative: -lambisha
  • Passive: -lambwa
  • Reciprocal: -lambana

From Proto-Bantu *-dàmba.

-lamba

1. (intransitive) to become hungry

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /lamˈbaʔ/ [lɐmˈbaʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: lam‧ba

lambâ (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜋ᜔ᜊ)

1. excessive growth; overgrowth (of hair, weeds, grass, etc.)

   Synonym: lago

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /lamˈba/ [lɐmˈba]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: lam‧ba

lambá (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜋ᜔ᜊ)

1. joke; jest

   Synonyms: biro, tudyo, tukso

2. (by extension) insincerity

• balam

Borrowed from Spanish lampa.

lamba f (Tifinagh spelling ⵍⴰⵎⴱⴰ, plural lambat)

1. lamp

   Synonyms: rqendir, tfawt

2. light bulb

From Ottoman Turkish لامبه (lamba), لامپه (lampa), from Ancient Greek λαμπάς (lampás, “lamp”), from Ancient Greek λάμπω (lámpō, “shine”).

• IPA^(key): /ɫɑm.bɑ/

• Audio:

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lamba (definite accusative lambayı, plural lambalar)

1. lamp (oil device producing light)
2. light bulb

   Synonym: ampul

• lambalık

• “lamba”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu

From Proto-Bantu *-dàmba.

-lamba

1. (intransitive) to become hungry

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

From Proto-Bantu *-dàmba.

-lamba

1. (intransitive) to become hungry

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “lamba”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “lamba (6.3)”