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Iban
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /əmba/
Noun
emba
- threat
Anang irau, nya mina jaku emba sida- Don't worry, it's just their threat
Verb
emba
- to threat
Apai indai iya ngemba iya enti iya pulai kia- His parents will threat him if he ever return there
- to scare
Uji emba dik manuk nya- Try to scare the chickens
Southern Ndebele
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *-jìmba.
Verb
-emba
- to dig
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.