lumba

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See also: lúmbâ

Cebuano

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lumbeq. Compare Indonesian lomba & Malay lumba.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: lum‧ba

Verb

lumba

  1. to race

Noun

lumba

  1. a race; a contest between people, animals, vehicles, etc. where the goal is to be the first to reach some objective

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *lumbaʔ.

Pronunciation

Noun

lumba (Jawi spelling لومبا, plural lumba-lumba)

  1. race (racing).
    Lumba lari
    Running race

Descendants

  • Indonesian: lomba

Further reading

Swahili

Verb

-lumba (infinitive kulumba)

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Conjugation

Conjugation of -lumba
Positive present -nalumba
Subjunctive -lumbe
Negative -lumbi
Imperative singular lumba
Infinitives
Positive kulumba
Negative kutolumba
Imperatives
Singular lumba
Plural lumbeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hulumba
Positive past positive subject concord + -lilumba
Negative past negative subject concord + -kulumba
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nalumba)
Singular Plural
1st person ninalumba/nalumba tunalumba
2nd person unalumba mnalumba
3rd person m-wa(I/II) analumba wanalumba
other classes positive subject concord + -nalumba
Negative present (negative subject concord + -lumbi)
Singular Plural
1st person silumbi hatulumbi
2nd person hulumbi hamlumbi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) halumbi hawalumbi
other classes negative subject concord + -lumbi
Positive future positive subject concord + -talumba
Negative future negative subject concord + -talumba
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -lumbe)
Singular Plural
1st person nilumbe tulumbe
2nd person ulumbe mlumbe
3rd person m-wa(I/II) alumbe walumbe
other classes positive subject concord + -lumbe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -silumbe
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngelumba
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singelumba
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalilumba
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalilumba
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -alumba)
Singular Plural
1st person nalumba twalumba
2nd person walumba mwalumba
3rd person m-wa(I/II) alumba walumba
m-mi(III/IV) walumba yalumba
ji-ma(V/VI) lalumba yalumba
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chalumba vyalumba
n(IX/X) yalumba zalumba
u(XI) walumba see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwalumba
pa(XVI) palumba
mu(XVIII) mwalumba
Perfect positive subject concord + -melumba
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshalumba
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jalumba
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kilumba
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipolumba
Consecutive kalumba / positive subject concord + -kalumba
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kalumbe
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nilumba -tulumba
2nd person -kulumba -walumba/-kulumbeni/-walumbeni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mlumba -walumba
m-mi(III/IV) -ulumba -ilumba
ji-ma(V/VI) -lilumba -yalumba
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kilumba -vilumba
n(IX/X) -ilumba -zilumba
u(XI) -ulumba see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kulumba
pa(XVI) -palumba
mu(XVIII) -mulumba
Reflexive -jilumba
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -lumba- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -lumbaye -lumbao
m-mi(III/IV) -lumbao -lumbayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -lumbalo -lumbayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -lumbacho -lumbavyo
n(IX/X) -lumbayo -lumbazo
u(XI) -lumbao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -lumbako
pa(XVI) -lumbapo
mu(XVIII) -lumbamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -lumba)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yelumba -olumba
m-mi(III/IV) -olumba -yolumba
ji-ma(V/VI) -lolumba -yolumba
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -cholumba -vyolumba
n(IX/X) -yolumba -zolumba
u(XI) -olumba see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kolumba
pa(XVI) -polumba
mu(XVIII) -molumba
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

Swazi

Verb

-lumba

  1. to practice witchcraft
  2. to make, to invent to do wonders

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

lumbá (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜋ᜔ᜊ)

  1. persistent effort
    Synonyms: punyagi, lukanot, pagpupumilit
  2. drawing of water (by chain pump or by drawing well)
Derived terms
See also

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

lumbâ (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜋ᜔ᜊ)

  1. blacktip reef shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus)
  2. gallop of a horse
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