kumba

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Indonesian

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: kum‧ba

Etymology 1

From Sanskrit कुम्भ (kumbha, “jar, pitcher”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *kʰumbʰás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kʰumbʰás. Doublet of kom.

Noun

kumba

  1. waterpot.
    Synonyms: belanga, buyung
  2. (astrology, astronomy) The sign of the zodiac Aquarius.

Etymology 2

From Sanskrit कुम्ब (kúmba, “thick end of bone”) or कुम्भ (kumbha, “jar, pitcher”).

Noun

kumba

  1. the frontal globe or prominence on the upper part of the forehead of an elephant (there are two of these prominences which swell in the rutting season).

Further reading

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-kumba (infinitive kukumba)

  1. to shove, to push

Conjugation

Conjugation of -kumba
Positive present -nakumba
Subjunctive -kumbe
Negative -kumbi
Imperative singular kumba
Infinitives
Positive kukumba
Negative kutokumba
Imperatives
Singular kumba
Plural kumbeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hukumba
Positive past positive subject concord + -likumba
Negative past negative subject concord + -kukumba
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nakumba)
Singular Plural
1st person ninakumba/nakumba tunakumba
2nd person unakumba mnakumba
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anakumba wanakumba
other classes positive subject concord + -nakumba
Negative present (negative subject concord + -kumbi)
Singular Plural
1st person sikumbi hatukumbi
2nd person hukumbi hamkumbi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hakumbi hawakumbi
other classes negative subject concord + -kumbi
Positive future positive subject concord + -takumba
Negative future negative subject concord + -takumba
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -kumbe)
Singular Plural
1st person nikumbe tukumbe
2nd person ukumbe mkumbe
3rd person m-wa(I/II) akumbe wakumbe
other classes positive subject concord + -kumbe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sikumbe
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngekumba
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singekumba
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalikumba
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalikumba
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -akumba)
Singular Plural
1st person nakumba twakumba
2nd person wakumba mwakumba
3rd person m-wa(I/II) akumba wakumba
m-mi(III/IV) wakumba yakumba
ji-ma(V/VI) lakumba yakumba
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chakumba vyakumba
n(IX/X) yakumba zakumba
u(XI) wakumba see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwakumba
pa(XVI) pakumba
mu(XVIII) mwakumba
Perfect positive subject concord + -mekumba
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshakumba
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jakumba
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kikumba
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipokumba
Consecutive kakumba / positive subject concord + -kakumba
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kakumbe
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nikumba -tukumba
2nd person -kukumba -wakumba/-kukumbeni/-wakumbeni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mkumba -wakumba
m-mi(III/IV) -ukumba -ikumba
ji-ma(V/VI) -likumba -yakumba
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kikumba -vikumba
n(IX/X) -ikumba -zikumba
u(XI) -ukumba see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kukumba
pa(XVI) -pakumba
mu(XVIII) -mukumba
Reflexive -jikumba
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -kumba- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -kumbaye -kumbao
m-mi(III/IV) -kumbao -kumbayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -kumbalo -kumbayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kumbacho -kumbavyo
n(IX/X) -kumbayo -kumbazo
u(XI) -kumbao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kumbako
pa(XVI) -kumbapo
mu(XVIII) -kumbamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -kumba)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yekumba -okumba
m-mi(III/IV) -okumba -yokumba
ji-ma(V/VI) -lokumba -yokumba
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chokumba -vyokumba
n(IX/X) -yokumba -zokumba
u(XI) -okumba see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kokumba
pa(XVI) -pokumba
mu(XVIII) -mokumba
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

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