bumba

Borrowed from Malay bomba, from Portuguese bomba.

bumba

1. fire brigade; fire department; firefighter

Compare Norwegian Nynorsk bomme. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʏmpa/
• Rhymes: -ʏmpa

bumba f (genitive singular bumbu, nominative plural bumbur)

1. a drum

   Synonym: trumba

2. a fat or protruding belly; potbelly, paunch

   Synonym: ístra

• “bumba” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

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bumba f (4th declension)

1. (sports) ball (globe of flexible material, for playing, for sports, for gymnastics)

   gumijas, ādas bumba ― rubber, leather ball

   futbola, basketbola, volejbola bumba ― football, basketball, volleyball

   tenisa bumba ― tennis ball

   piesūknēt bumbu ― to inflate a ball

   rotaļāties ar bumbu ― to play with a ball

   mest bumbu ― to throw the ball

   bumba atlec no zemes ― the ball bounced off the ground

   apaļs kā bumba ― round as a ball

2. ball (round or spherical object)

   dekoratīvas stikla bumbas ― decorative glass balls

   biljarda bumbas ― billiard balls

3. (weaponry) bomb (metal shell filled with explosives)

   fugasa bumba ― fougasse bomb (= blockbuster)

   šķembu bumba ― cluster bomb

   bumba ar laika degli ― time bomb

   ķīmiskā bumba ― chemical bomb

   ūdeņraža bumba ― hydrogen bomb

   mest bumbas ― to throw bombs

   kā bumbas sprādziens ― like a bomb exploding (= sudden, unexpected)

• atombumba
• kodolbumba
• ūdeņraža bumba

bumba f (definite singular bumba, indefinite plural bumbor, definite plural bumborne)

1. (pre-1917) alternative form of bomme

From Proto-Bantu *-bʊ́mba.

-bûmba (infinitive kubûmba, perfective (Rwanda) -bûmbye or (Rundi) -bûmvye)

1. to mould (usually from clay)
2. to make pottery

• umubumbyi (Rwanda) / umubumvyi (Rundi)

• ibumba

• (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA^(key): /bumba/
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: bum‧ba

Borrowed from Spanish bomba

bumba (Sulat Sūg spelling بُمْبَ)

1. (Philippines) pump
2. (Philippines) bomb (explosive device)

   Synonym: bum

Borrowed from Malay bomba, from Portuguese bomba.

bumba (Sulat Sūg spelling بُمْبَ)

1. (Malaysia) fire brigade; fire department; firefighter

   Biyayta' na namu' pa bumba pasal sunug dakula' kimugdan ha Tawau kabii.

   We already informed the fire brigade about a big conflagration happened in Tawau last night.

   Synonym: bumbiru (Philippines)

From Proto-Bantu *-bʊ́mba.

-búmba

1. (transitive) to shape

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

From Proto-Bantu *-bʊ́mba.

-búmba

1. (transitive) to mould, to fashion (from clay)
2. (transitive) to make (from dough)
3. (transitive) to fabricate, to make up

• ibumba

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “ɓumba”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “ɓumba (3.9)”