imba

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɪmbə/ === Adjective === imba (comparative more imba, superlative most imba) (video games, slang) Clipping of imbalanced. For quotations using this term, see Citations:imba. ==== Descendants ==== → Russian: имба́ (imbá) ==== See also ==== UP (“underpowered”), OP (“overpowered”) nerf === Anagrams === ambi-, bami, bima, iamb == Bemba == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-jɪ́mba (“to sing”). === Verb === -imba to sing to dig === References === Reverend E. Hoch (1998), Bemba - English/English - Bemba‎[1], Hippocrene Books, page 36 == Chichewa == === Alternative forms === yimba === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-jɪ́mba. Cognate with Yao -jimba. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈi.ᵐba/ === Verb === -imba (infinitive kuímba) to sing ==== Derived terms ==== Verbal derivations: Applicative: -imbira Causative: -imbitsa Negative: -saimba Passive: -imbidwa Reduplicative: -imbaimba Repetitive: -imbanso Stative: -imbika Nominal derivations: nyimbo (“song”) ==== See also ==== -vwawula (“to sing badly”) -dedereza (“to sing melodiously”) == Ikizu == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-jɪ́mba. === Verb === -imba to sing ==== Derived terms ==== umwimbi (“singer”) === References === Walker, John B. (2017), Ikizu-Sizaki - Swahili - English Dictionary.‎[2], SIL International == Javanese == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Javanese himba. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /im.ba/ Hyphenation: im‧ba === Noun === ꦲꦶꦩ꧀ꦧ (imba) (ngoko alis, krama imba) Krama inggil of ꦲꦭꦶꦱ꧀ (alis, “eyebrow”). brow === Further reading === The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2011), “imba”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), 2nd edition, Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN == Kabwa == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-jɪ́mba. === Verb === -imba (infinitive okwimba) to sing === References === Philipo, Nyamisana Hamis; Walker, John B. (2016), "Kabwa - Swahili - English Dictionary."‎[3], SIL International == Kwanyama == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-jɪ́mba (“to sing”). === Verb === imba (infinitive okwiimba) (ambitransitive) to sing === References === G.W.R. Tobias, M.C., M.A; B.H.C. Turvey, M.A. (1965), English-Kwanyama Dictionary‎[4], Witwatersrand University Press Johannesburg, page 163 Thera Crane, Karl Lindgren-Streicher, Andy Wingo, Hai ti! A Beginner's Guide to Oshikwanyama (2004), pages 18 & 27 == Shona == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mbá. === Noun === imbá class 9 (plural dzimbá class 10) house == Swahili == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-jɪ́mba. Cognate with Chichewa -imba, Tumbuka -imba and Yao -jimba. === Pronunciation === === Verb === -imba (infinitive kuimba) to sing ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Nominal derivations: mwimbaji (“singer”) uimbaji (“singing”) wimbo (“song”) == Tumbuka == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-jɪ́mba. Cognate with Chichewa -imba, Yao -jimba and Swahili -imba. === Verb === -imba (infinitive kwimba) to sing == Venda == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-jɪ́mba. === Verb === imba to sing ==== Derived terms ==== luimbo (“song”) muimbi (“singer”)