jamba

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Franco-Provençal

Alternative forms

Noun

jamba (plural jambes) (ORB, broad)

  1. Alternative form of chamba (“leg”)

References

  • jambe in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
  • jamba in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

Galician

Noun

jamba f (plural jambas, reintegrationist norm)

  1. reintegrationist spelling of xamba

Further reading

  • “jamba” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Malagasy

Adjective

jamba

  1. blind (unable to see)

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxamba/
  • Rhymes: -amba
  • Syllabification: jam‧ba

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French jambe. Compare English jamb.

Noun

jamba f (plural jambas)

  1. jamb

Etymology 2

Verb

jamba

  1. only used in se jamba, third-person singular present indicative of jambarse
  2. only used in te ... jamba, syntactic variant of jámbate, second-person singular imperative of jambarse

Further reading

Swahili

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

jamba class V (plural majamba class VI)

  1. a fart

Verb

-jamba (infinitive kujamba)

  1. to fart

Conjugation

Conjugation of -jamba
Positive present -najamba
Subjunctive -jambe
Negative -jambi
Imperative singular jamba
Infinitives
Positive kujamba
Negative kutojamba
Imperatives
Singular jamba
Plural jambeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hujamba
Positive past positive subject concord + -lijamba
Negative past negative subject concord + -kujamba
Positive present (positive subject concord + -najamba)
Singular Plural
1st person ninajamba/najamba tunajamba
2nd person unajamba mnajamba
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anajamba wanajamba
other classes positive subject concord + -najamba
Negative present (negative subject concord + -jambi)
Singular Plural
1st person sijambi hatujambi
2nd person hujambi hamjambi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hajambi hawajambi
other classes negative subject concord + -jambi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tajamba
Negative future negative subject concord + -tajamba
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -jambe)
Singular Plural
1st person nijambe tujambe
2nd person ujambe mjambe
3rd person m-wa(I/II) ajambe wajambe
other classes positive subject concord + -jambe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sijambe
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngejamba
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singejamba
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalijamba
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalijamba
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -ajamba)
Singular Plural
1st person najamba twajamba
2nd person wajamba mwajamba
3rd person m-wa(I/II) ajamba wajamba
m-mi(III/IV) wajamba yajamba
ji-ma(V/VI) lajamba yajamba
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chajamba vyajamba
n(IX/X) yajamba zajamba
u(XI) wajamba see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwajamba
pa(XVI) pajamba
mu(XVIII) mwajamba
Perfect positive subject concord + -mejamba
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshajamba
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jajamba
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kijamba
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipojamba
Consecutive kajamba / positive subject concord + -kajamba
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kajambe
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nijamba -tujamba
2nd person -kujamba -wajamba/-kujambeni/-wajambeni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mjamba -wajamba
m-mi(III/IV) -ujamba -ijamba
ji-ma(V/VI) -lijamba -yajamba
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kijamba -vijamba
n(IX/X) -ijamba -zijamba
u(XI) -ujamba see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kujamba
pa(XVI) -pajamba
mu(XVIII) -mujamba
Reflexive -jijamba
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -jamba- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -jambaye -jambao
m-mi(III/IV) -jambao -jambayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -jambalo -jambayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -jambacho -jambavyo
n(IX/X) -jambayo -jambazo
u(XI) -jambao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -jambako
pa(XVI) -jambapo
mu(XVIII) -jambamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -jamba)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yejamba -ojamba
m-mi(III/IV) -ojamba -yojamba
ji-ma(V/VI) -lojamba -yojamba
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chojamba -vyojamba
n(IX/X) -yojamba -zojamba
u(XI) -ojamba see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kojamba
pa(XVI) -pojamba
mu(XVIII) -mojamba
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Yoruba

Alternative forms

Etymology

Said to come from a term of Arabic origin, possibly from Arabic ذَنْب (ḏanb)

Pronunciation

Noun

jàm̀bá

  1. an accident (that causes physical damage)
  2. danger
    Synonyms: ewu, ìpọ́njú
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