imba

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English

Pronunciation

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Adjective

imba (comparative more imba, superlative most imba)

  1. (video games, slang) Clipping of imbalanced.

See also

  • UP (“underpowered”), OP (“overpowered”)
  • nerf

Anagrams

Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Javanese himba.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /im.ba/
  • Hyphenation: im‧ba

Noun

ꦲꦶꦩ꧀ꦧ (imba) (ngoko alis, krama imba)

  1. Krama inggil of ꦲꦭꦶꦱ꧀ (alis, “eyebrow”).
  2. brow

Further reading

  • The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2015) “imba”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN


Shona

Noun

imbá class 9 (plural dzimbá class 10)

  1. house

Swahili

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu .

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Verb

-imba (infinitive kuimba)

  1. to sing

Conjugation

Conjugation of -imba
Positive present -naimba
Subjunctive -imbe
Negative -imbi
Imperative singular imba
Infinitives
Positive kuimba
Negative kutoimba
Imperatives
Singular imba
Plural imbeni
Tensed forms
Habitual huimba
Positive past positive subject concord + -liimba
Negative past negative subject concord + -kuimba
Positive present (positive subject concord + -naimba)
Singular Plural
1st person ninaimba/naimba tunaimba
2nd person unaimba mnaimba
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anaimba wanaimba
other classes positive subject concord + -naimba
Negative present (negative subject concord + -imbi)
Singular Plural
1st person siimbi hatuimbi
2nd person huimbi hamwimbi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) haimbi hawaimbi
other classes negative subject concord + -imbi
Positive future positive subject concord + -taimba
Negative future negative subject concord + -taimba
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -imbe)
Singular Plural
1st person niimbe tuimbe
2nd person uimbe mwimbe
3rd person m-wa(I/II) aimbe waimbe
other classes positive subject concord + -imbe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -siimbe
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngeimba
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singeimba
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngaliimba
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singaliimba
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -aimba)
Singular Plural
1st person naimba twaimba
2nd person waimba mwaimba
3rd person m-wa(I/II) aimba waimba
m-mi(III/IV) waimba yaimba
ji-ma(V/VI) laimba yaimba
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chaimba vyaimba
n(IX/X) yaimba zaimba
u(XI) waimba see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwaimba
pa(XVI) paimba
mu(XVIII) mwaimba
Perfect positive subject concord + -meimba
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshaimba
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jaimba
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kiimba
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipoimba
Consecutive kaimba / positive subject concord + -kaimba
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kaimbe
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -niimba -tuimba
2nd person -kuimba -waimba/-kuimbeni/-waimbeni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mwimba -waimba
m-mi(III/IV) -uimba -iimba
ji-ma(V/VI) -liimba -yaimba
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kiimba -viimba
n(IX/X) -iimba -ziimba
u(XI) -uimba see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kuimba
pa(XVI) -paimba
mu(XVIII) -muimba
Reflexive -jiimba
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -imba- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -imbaye -imbao
m-mi(III/IV) -imbao -imbayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -imbalo -imbayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -imbacho -imbavyo
n(IX/X) -imbayo -imbazo
u(XI) -imbao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -imbako
pa(XVI) -imbapo
mu(XVIII) -imbamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -imba)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yeimba -oimba
m-mi(III/IV) -oimba -yoimba
ji-ma(V/VI) -loimba -yoimba
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -choimba -vyoimba
n(IX/X) -yoimba -zoimba
u(XI) -oimba see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -koimba
pa(XVI) -poimba
mu(XVIII) -moimba
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

Venda

Verb

imba

  1. to sing

Derived terms

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