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Translingual
Symbol
iba
( international standards ) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Iban .
Afar
Iba (1).
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈiba/
Hyphenation: i‧ba
Noun
íba m (plural ibitté f or ibáabu m )
foot , leg
means of travel
Declension
Declension of íba
absolutive
íba
predicative
íba
subjective
ibí
genitive
ibí
Coordinate terms
( foot, leg ) : gabá ( “ hand, arm ” )
References
E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985 ) “ìba”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English) , University of London, →ISBN
Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015 ) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie) , Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)
Bikol Central
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Hyphenation: i‧ba
IPA (key ) : /ˈʔibaʔ/
Noun
ibà
bilimbi , Averrhoa bilimbi
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Hyphenation: i‧ba
IPA (key ) : /ʔiˈba/
Adjective
ibá (intensified ibahon )
different ; distinct
Synonym: lain
Noun
ibá
the others ; the rest ( other people )
inclusion ; inclosing ; incorporating
Synonym: ayon
Derived terms
Cebuano
Noun
iba
the cucumber tree (Averrhoa bilimbi ); a fruit-bearing tree of the genus Averrhoa of the family Oxalidaceae
the fruit of this tree
Usage notes
Often confused with ambi .
Anagrams
Gothic
Romanization
iba
Romanization of 𐌹𐌱𐌰
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay iba ( “ pity ” ) , probably from Pali ibbha ( “ menial ” ) .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /i.ba/
Hyphenation: i‧ba
Adjective
iba
pity
Derived terms
Further reading
Jamamadí
Verb
iba
( Banawá ) to put , place
References
Maia
Noun
iba
digging stick
Nzadi
Etymology
From Common Bantu *ìbá .
Noun
ibá (plural abá )
oil palm tree
Further reading
Crane, Thera, Larry Hyman, Simon Nsielanga Tukumu (2011 ) A grammar of Nzadi : a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo , Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, →ISBN
Olukumi
Etymology
Cognate with Yoruba ibà , Ekiti Yoruba ịbà , Igbo iba , Ayere iba , Gade iba , Nupe eba , and Igala íbáà , proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ɪ́-bà
Pronunciation
Noun
ibà
malaria
Reyesano
Noun
iba
jaguar ( animal )
Further reading
Antoine Guillaume, Hierarchical Agreement and Split Intransitivity in Reyesano (2009)
Rwanda-Rundi
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *-jíba .
Verb
-îba (infinitive kwîba , perfective ( Rwanda ) -îbye or ( Rundi ) -îvye )
to steal
Derived terms
Slovak
Pronunciation
Conjunction
iba
only
Further reading
“iba ”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science ] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk , 2024
Spanish
Pronunciation
Verb
iba
first / third-person singular imperfect indicative of ir
Swahili
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *-jíba .
Pronunciation
Verb
-iba (infinitive kuiba )
to steal
to plagiarize
Usage notes
In some dialects, this verb may conjugate like a monosyllabic verb; see Appendix:Swahili verbs for those conjugated forms.
Conjugation
Conjugation of -iba
Positive present
-na iba
Subjunctive
-ibe
Negative
-ibi
Imperative singular
iba
Infinitives
Imperatives
Singular
iba
Plural
ibeni
Tensed forms
Habitual
huiba
Positive past
positive subject concord + -li iba
Negative past
negative subject concord + -ku iba
Positive present (positive subject concord + -na iba)
Singular
Plural
1st person
ni naiba/na iba
tu naiba
2nd person
u naiba
m naiba
3rd person
m-wa(I/II)
a naiba
wa naiba
other classes
positive subject concord + -na iba
Negative present (negative subject concord + -ibi )
Singular
Plural
1st person
si ibi
hatu ibi
2nd person
hu ibi
hamw ibi
3rd person
m-wa(I/II)
ha ibi
hawa ibi
other classes
negative subject concord + -ibi
Positive future
positive subject concord + -ta iba
Negative future
negative subject concord + -ta iba
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -ibe )
Singular
Plural
1st person
ni ibe
tu ibe
2nd person
u ibe
mw ibe
3rd person
m-wa(I/II)
a ibe
wa ibe
other classes
positive subject concord + -ibe
Negative subjunctive
positive subject concord + -si ibe
Positive present conditional
positive subject concord + -nge iba
Negative present conditional
positive subject concord + -singe iba
Positive past conditional
positive subject concord + -ngali iba
Negative past conditional
positive subject concord + -singali iba
Perfect
positive subject concord + -me iba
"Already"
positive subject concord + -mesha iba
"Not yet"
negative subject concord + -ja iba
"If/When"
positive subject concord + -ki iba
"If not"
positive subject concord + -sipo iba
Consecutive
kaiba / positive subject concord + -ka iba
Consecutive subjunctive
positive subject concord + -ka ibe
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.
Derived terms
Tagalog
Etymology 1
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ibah ( “ companion, close relative, other one ” ) , from Proto-Austronesian *ibaS ( “ companion, close relative, other one ” ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
ibá (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜊ )
another ; different one
Adjective
ibá (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜊ )
different
Synonyms: naiiba , di-kapareho
another ; some other
new
Synonyms: bago , nababago
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Noun
ibà (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜊ )
Otaheite gooseberry ; Phyllanthus acidus ( tree and fruit )
Synonyms: bangkiling , karmay
Etymology 3
From Proto-Southern Philippine *íbaʔ (“tree with sour fruit”). Compare Bikol Central iba and Cebuano iba .
Pronunciation
Noun
iba (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜊ )
bilimbi ( tree and fruit )
Synonym: kamyas
Further reading
“iba ”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph , Manila, 2018
Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*ibah ”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
Zorc, David Paul (1985 ) Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 4 , page 173
Anagrams
Yoruba
Etymology 1
Cognate with Igbo iba , Ayere iba , Gade iba , Nupe eba , and Igala íbáà , proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ɪ́-bà
Pronunciation
Noun
ibà
fever
Synonym: òjòjò
malaria , malarial fever
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Noun
ìbà
praise , reverence , adoration ; homage
Derived terms
júbà ( “ to pay homage or reverence to ” )
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
Verb
ìbá
would , ought to
Etymology 4
ì- ( “ nominalizing prefix ” ) + ba ( “ to lie in ambush, to hide ” )
Pronunciation
Noun
ìba
the act of ambushing someone
ambush , hiding
Etymology 5
i- ( “ non-gerundive nominalizing prefix ” ) + bá ( “ to meet, to encounter ” )
Pronunciation
Noun
ibá
The act of meeting someone
meeting
Synonym: ìpàdé
chance encounter
Etymology 6
Pronunciation
Noun
ìba
a little amount , small portion
Etymology 7
Compare with baba
Pronunciation
Noun
iba
( Ọwọ , Usẹn) father
Synonyms: bàbá , bàá , bà , baba
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
ibaba ( “ paternal grandfather ” )