hamba

hamba

1. genitive singular of hammas

From Zulu -hamba.

hamba

1. to go, to walk
2. to travel

• ambo

From Malay hamba, from Sanskrit हम्भाय (hambhāya, “low”), compare to Sanskrit हंबतारा (haṃbatārā, “good man”).

• IPA^(key): /ham.ba/

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• Rhymes: -amba, -ba, -a

hamba (first-person possessive hambaku, second-person possessive hambamu, third-person possessive hambanya)

1. slave; thrall; servant

hamba

1. (archaic, humble) I, me, my, your servant

Hamba as pronoun still used in daily life, especially in prayer.

Indonesian first-person pronouns:

• aye, ogut, gue, gua (Jakarta)
• aku (informal)
• daku (poetic)
• saya (polite)
• hamba
• kami (euphemism)

• “hamba” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

• ambo, ambe (pronunciation spelling)

Borrowed from Sanskrit हम्भाय (hambhāya, “low”), compare to Sanskrit हंबतारा (haṃbatārā, “good man”).

• (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key):
  • Rhymes: -bə, -ə
• (Bahasa Baku) IPA^(key):
  • Rhymes: -ba, -a
• (Kelantan-Pattani) IPA^(key):
• (Negeri Sembilan) IPA^(key):
• (Terengganu) IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: ham‧ba

hamba (Jawi spelling همبا, plural hamba-hamba, informal 1st possessive hambaku, 2nd possessive hambamu, 3rd possessive hambanya)

1. A slave.

   Synonyms: abdi, budak, sahaya

   • 1849, Abdullah bin Abdul Kadir, Hikayat Abdullah, page 250:

     Bermula orang yang empunya hamba-hamba itu kelakuannya seperti binatang yang tiada bermalu dan tiada takut kepada Allah.

     The slave owners began behaving like shameless animals that do not fear God.

hamba (Jawi spelling همبا)

1. (dialectal, Kelantan-Pattani, Negeri Sembilan, Terengganu) I (me, my).

• Indonesian: hamba

• Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “همب hamba”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 145
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “همب hamba”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, pages 685-6
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “hamba”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 391

• “hamba” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

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-hámba

1. to go, to walk, to move
2. to travel

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Borrowed from Sanskrit हम्भाय (hambhāya, “low”), compare to Sanskrit हंबतारा (haṃbatārā, “good man”).

hamba

1. servant, common soldier, comrade

• Javanese: ꦲꦩ꧀ꦧ (amba)

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-hámba

1. to go, to walk, to move
2. to travel

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Borrowed from Spanish jamba.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈhamba/
• Rhymes: -amba
• Syllabification: ham‧ba

hamba (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜋ᜔ᜊ)

1. jamb (vertical component that form the side of an opening in a wall)

• hambahan

• “hamba”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

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-hámba

1. to go, to walk, to move
2. to travel

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

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-hámba

1. (intransitive) to go, to walk, to move
2. (intransitive) to travel
3. (transitive and intransitive) to ride, to go by (a vehicle)
4. (intransitive) to leave, to depart
5. (intransitive) to go on, to keep going, to proceed
6. (intransitive) to work, to function, to operate

• uhambo
• inkambo

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