amba

== English == === Etymology 1 === From Amharic ዐምባ (ʿämba). ==== Noun ==== amba (plural ambas) A characteristic landform in Ethiopia: a steep-sided, flat-topped mountain, often the site of a settlement. === Etymology 2 === From Arabic عَمْبَة (ʕamba) and Hebrew עמבה; ultimately from Sanskrit आम्र (āmra). ==== Noun ==== amba (uncountable) A tangy mango pickle used as a condiment in the Middle East. === Anagrams === AABM, AMAB, BAAM, BMAA, Bama, MAAB, bama == Cebuano == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /am.baʔ/ === Noun === amba lowing or mooing sound of cattle === Verb === amba to moo, low as of cattle ==== Synonyms ==== inga == Hiligaynon == === Verb === ámba chant, sing == Icelandic == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈampa/ Rhymes: -ampa === Noun === amba f (genitive singular ömbu, nominative plural ömbur) alternative form of amaba ==== Declension ==== == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈam.ba/ Rhymes: -amba Hyphenation: àm‧ba === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Amharic አምባ (ʾämba). ==== Noun ==== amba f (plural ambe) (geology) a characteristic landform in Ethiopia, consisting of a steep-sided, flat-topped mountain === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== amba f (plural ambe) (usually in the plural) circumlocution, periphrasis Synonyms: (formal) circonlocuzione, (colloquial) giro di parole, perifrasi === Further reading === amba in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana amba in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication == Javanese == === Romanization === amba romanization of ꦲꦩ꧀ꦧ == Kanufi == === Noun === amba plural of uwa === References === Roger Blench, The Anib (=Kanufi) language of Central Nigeria and its affinities, page 3, 2011 == Kikuyu == === Etymology === From Proto-Bantu *-bàmba (“to stretch and peg a hide”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aᵐba/ === Verb === amba (infinitive kwamba) to peg (out), to pitch to stretch out to do first ==== Derived terms ==== kwambata mwambato class 3 kwambĩrĩria kĩambĩrĩria class 7 mwambĩrĩrio class 3 rwambo class 11 rwambo rũmwe rũtiambaga ndarwa === References === 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. == Manchu == === Romanization === amba romanization of ᠠᠮᠪᠠ == Old Javanese == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /amba/ === Etymology 1 === ==== Adjective ==== amba actually === Etymology 2 === Unknown, probably *ba +‎ aN- as Proto-Mon-Khmer *wah~*lwah (“wide”). ==== Adjective ==== amba broad, wide ===== Descendants ===== Javanese: ꦲꦩ꧀ꦧ (amba, “wide”) === Etymology 3 === ==== Noun ==== amba vegetables, condiments with a meat-dish === Further reading === "amba" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982. == Pali == === Alternative forms === === Etymology 1 === From Sanskrit आम्र (āmra). ==== Noun ==== amba m the mango tree, Mangifera indica ===== Declension ===== ==== Noun ==== amba n the mango fruit ===== Declension ===== ===== Related terms ===== ambaphala (“mango fruit”) ambavana (“mango grove”) ==== References ==== Pali Text Society (1921–1925), “amba”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== amba vocative singular of ambā (“mummy”) == Swahili == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Sabaki *-amba, from Proto-Bantu *-gàmba (“to speak, to answer”). Cognate with Tooro -gamba and Zulu -amba. === Pronunciation === === Pronoun === amba- which; who (relative pronoun) ==== Inflection ==== === Verb === -amba (infinitive kwamba) to say, to explain ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Verbal derivations: Applicative: -ambia Causative: -ambisha Passive: -ambwa, -ambiwa Stative: -ambika Nominal derivations: chambo jambo == Tagalog == === Etymology 1 === ==== Pronunciation ==== (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔamˈbaʔ/ [ʔɐmˈbaʔ] Rhymes: -aʔ Syllabification: am‧ba ==== Noun ==== ambâ (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜋ᜔ᜊ) uncle Synonyms: tito, tiyo, tiyuhin, tiyong, amain, (slang) tsong (dialectal) grandfather Synonym: lolo ===== Alternative forms ===== ba — clipping ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Pronunciation ==== (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔamˈbaʔ/ [ʔɐmˈbaʔ], (nonstandard) /ʔamˈba/ [ʔɐmˈba] Rhymes: -aʔ, (nonstandard) -a Syllabification: am‧ba ==== Noun ==== ambâ or ambá (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜋ᜔ᜊ) threatening gesture Synonyms: yamba, akma ===== Derived terms ===== === Further reading === “amba”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018 == Tumbuka == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-jàmba. === Verb === -amba (infinitive kwamba) to begin, to commence ==== Derived terms ==== -amba mwampu ciyambo === References === Wm. Y. Turner, Tumbuka/Tonga-English and English-Tumbuka/Tonga Dictionary, 1996 == Venda == === Etymology === From Proto-Bantu *-gàmba (“to speak, to answer”). === Verb === amba to speak == Zulu == === Etymology === From Proto-Bantu *-gàmba (“to speak, to answer”). === Verb === -amba to be sarcastic ==== Inflection ==== === References === C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “amba”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “amba (6.6-3)”