ramba

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

Verb

ramba (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative rambaði, supine rambað)

  1. to rock, to sway
  2. to sway, to stagger, to waddle

Conjugation

Synonyms

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-ramba (infinitive kuramba)

  1. Alternative form of lamba (to lick)

Conjugation

Conjugation of -ramba
Positive present -naramba
Subjunctive -rambe
Negative -rambi
Imperative singular ramba
Infinitives
Positive kuramba
Negative kutoramba
Imperatives
Singular ramba
Plural rambeni
Tensed forms
Habitual huramba
Positive past positive subject concord + -liramba
Negative past negative subject concord + -kuramba
Positive present (positive subject concord + -naramba)
Singular Plural
1st person ninaramba/naramba tunaramba
2nd person unaramba mnaramba
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anaramba wanaramba
other classes positive subject concord + -naramba
Negative present (negative subject concord + -rambi)
Singular Plural
1st person sirambi haturambi
2nd person hurambi hamrambi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) harambi hawarambi
other classes negative subject concord + -rambi
Positive future positive subject concord + -taramba
Negative future negative subject concord + -taramba
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -rambe)
Singular Plural
1st person nirambe turambe
2nd person urambe mrambe
3rd person m-wa(I/II) arambe warambe
other classes positive subject concord + -rambe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sirambe
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngeramba
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singeramba
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngaliramba
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singaliramba
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -aramba)
Singular Plural
1st person naramba twaramba
2nd person waramba mwaramba
3rd person m-wa(I/II) aramba waramba
m-mi(III/IV) waramba yaramba
ji-ma(V/VI) laramba yaramba
ki-vi(VII/VIII) charamba vyaramba
n(IX/X) yaramba zaramba
u(XI) waramba see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwaramba
pa(XVI) paramba
mu(XVIII) mwaramba
Perfect positive subject concord + -meramba
"Already" positive subject concord + -mesharamba
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jaramba
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kiramba
"If not" positive subject concord + -siporamba
Consecutive karamba / positive subject concord + -karamba
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -karambe
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -niramba -turamba
2nd person -kuramba -waramba/-kurambeni/-warambeni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mramba -waramba
m-mi(III/IV) -uramba -iramba
ji-ma(V/VI) -liramba -yaramba
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kiramba -viramba
n(IX/X) -iramba -ziramba
u(XI) -uramba see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kuramba
pa(XVI) -paramba
mu(XVIII) -muramba
Reflexive -jiramba
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -ramba- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -rambaye -rambao
m-mi(III/IV) -rambao -rambayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -rambalo -rambayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -rambacho -rambavyo
n(IX/X) -rambayo -rambazo
u(XI) -rambao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -rambako
pa(XVI) -rambapo
mu(XVIII) -rambamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -ramba)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yeramba -oramba
m-mi(III/IV) -oramba -yoramba
ji-ma(V/VI) -loramba -yoramba
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -choramba -vyoramba
n(IX/X) -yoramba -zoramba
u(XI) -oramba see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -koramba
pa(XVI) -poramba
mu(XVIII) -moramba
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms