mamba

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English

a green mamba, Dendroaspis viridis

Etymology

From Zulu imamba.

Pronunciation

Noun

mamba (plural mambas)

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

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

Anagrams

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Zulu imamba.

Pronunciation

Noun

mamba f (plural mambes)

  1. mamba (venomous snake)

Further reading

Chichewa

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

mamba class 6

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

Etymology 2

Cognate to Zulu imamba.

Pronunciation

Noun

mámba class 9 (plural mámba class 10)

  1. spitting cobra

Czech

Pronunciation

Noun

mamba f

  1. mamba

Declension

Further reading

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

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

mamba m (plural mamba's)

  1. a mamba, venomous snake of the genus Dendroaspis

Derived terms

Finnish

Etymology

From English mamba, from Zulu imamba.

Pronunciation

Noun

mamba

  1. mamba

Declension

Inflection of mamba (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative mamba mambat
genitive mamban mambojen
partitive mambaa mamboja
illative mambaan mamboihin
singular plural
nominative mamba mambat
accusative nom. mamba mambat
gen. mamban
genitive mamban mambojen
mambain rare
partitive mambaa mamboja
inessive mambassa mamboissa
elative mambasta mamboista
illative mambaan mamboihin
adessive mamballa mamboilla
ablative mambalta mamboilta
allative mamballe mamboille
essive mambana mamboina
translative mambaksi mamboiksi
abessive mambatta mamboitta
instructive mamboin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of mamba (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative mambani mambani
accusative nom. mambani mambani
gen. mambani
genitive mambani mambojeni
mambaini rare
partitive mambaani mambojani
inessive mambassani mamboissani
elative mambastani mamboistani
illative mambaani mamboihini
adessive mamballani mamboillani
ablative mambaltani mamboiltani
allative mamballeni mamboilleni
essive mambanani mamboinani
translative mambakseni mamboikseni
abessive mambattani mamboittani
instructive
comitative mamboineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative mambasi mambasi
accusative nom. mambasi mambasi
gen. mambasi
genitive mambasi mambojesi
mambaisi rare
partitive mambaasi mambojasi
inessive mambassasi mamboissasi
elative mambastasi mamboistasi
illative mambaasi mamboihisi
adessive mamballasi mamboillasi
ablative mambaltasi mamboiltasi
allative mamballesi mamboillesi
essive mambanasi mamboinasi
translative mambaksesi mamboiksesi
abessive mambattasi mamboittasi
instructive
comitative mamboinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative mambamme mambamme
accusative nom. mambamme mambamme
gen. mambamme
genitive mambamme mambojemme
mambaimme rare
partitive mambaamme mambojamme
inessive mambassamme mamboissamme
elative mambastamme mamboistamme
illative mambaamme mamboihimme
adessive mamballamme mamboillamme
ablative mambaltamme mamboiltamme
allative mamballemme mamboillemme
essive mambanamme mamboinamme
translative mambaksemme mamboiksemme
abessive mambattamme mamboittamme
instructive
comitative mamboinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative mambanne mambanne
accusative nom. mambanne mambanne
gen. mambanne
genitive mambanne mambojenne
mambainne rare
partitive mambaanne mambojanne
inessive mambassanne mamboissanne
elative mambastanne mamboistanne
illative mambaanne mamboihinne
adessive mamballanne mamboillanne
ablative mambaltanne mamboiltanne
allative mamballenne mamboillenne
essive mambananne mamboinanne
translative mambaksenne mamboiksenne
abessive mambattanne mamboittanne
instructive
comitative mamboinenne

Derived terms

compounds

Further reading

French

Noun

mamba m (plural mambas)

  1. mamba

Derived terms

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl
mamba

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English mamba.

Noun

mamba f

  1. mamba (any snake of the genus Dendroaspis)
Declension

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

mamba n

  1. genitive singular of mambo

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Noun

mamba f (plural mambas)

  1. mamba (venomous snake of the genus Dendroaspis)

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Noun

mamba f (plural mambas)

  1. mamba

Further reading

Swahili

mamba
Swahili Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sw

Pronunciation

Noun

mamba (n class, plural mamba)

  1. crocodile (reptile)
    Synonym: (dialectal) ngwena
  2. black mamba

Swazi

Etymology

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Noun

mamba class 1a (plural bómamba class 2a)

  1. mamba snake

Inflection

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