mamba

From Zulu imamba.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑm.bɑ/

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mamba (plural mambas)

1. Any of various venomous snakes of the genus Dendroaspis, native to Africa, that live in trees.

• black mamba
• green mamba

• mamba on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Dendroaspis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

• bamma

Borrowed from Zulu imamba.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencia)

mamba f (plural mambes)

1. mamba (venomous snake)

• “mamba” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.ᵐba/

mamba class 6

1. scale(s) (of a fish or snake)

Cognate to Zulu imamba.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmá.ᵐba/

mámba class 9 (plural mámba class 10)

1. spitting cobra

• IPA^(key):

mamba f

1. mamba

• “mamba”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• mamba in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz

Probably borrowed from English mamba or Afrikaans mamba, from Zulu imamba or Swazi mamba.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑm.baː/

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• Hyphenation: mam‧ba
• Rhymes: -ɑmbaː

mamba m (plural mamba's)

1. a mamba, venomous snake of the genus Dendroaspis

• groene mamba
• zwarte mamba

From English mamba, from Zulu imamba.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑmbɑ/,
• Rhymes: -ɑmbɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): mam‧ba

mamba

1. mamba

• “mamba”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

mamba m (plural mambas)

1. mamba

• mamba noir

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

mamba

Wikipedia ^pl

• IPA^(key): /ˈmam.ba/

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• Rhymes: -amba
• Syllabification: mam‧ba

Borrowed from English mamba.

mamba f

1. mamba (any snake of the genus Dendroaspis)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

mamba n

1. genitive singular of mambo

• mamba in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• mamba in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃bɐ
• Hyphenation: mam‧ba

mamba f (plural mambas)

1. mamba (venomous snake of the genus Dendroaspis)

• IPA^(key): /ˈmamba/
• Rhymes: -amba
• Syllabification: mam‧ba

mamba f (plural mambas)

1. mamba

• “mamba”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

Swahili Wikipedia has an article on:

mamba

Wikipedia ^sw

• Audio (Kenya):

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mamba (n class, plural mamba)

1. crocodile (reptile)

   Synonym: (dialectal) ngwena

2. black mamba

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

mamba class 1a (plural bómamba class 2a)

1. mamba snake

This noun needs an inflection-table template.