shiba

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See also: Shiba, and shibā

English

Alternative forms

Noun

shiba (plural shibas)

  1. Ellipsis of Shiba Inu.
    • 2004, Lolita Files, Tastes Like Chicken, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 155:
      “There’s nothing wrong with your dog,” she said. “Then why was he wailing like that? I’ve never heard an animal make such a god-awful noise.” “It’s just something that shibas do,” Dr. Cho replied. “Get used to it. He was probably happy to see you. Had you been away for a while?”
    • 2005, Steven R. Lindsay, editor, Handbook of Applied Dog Behavior and Training, volumes three (Procedures and Protocols), Blackwell Publishing:
      Niimi and coworkers (1999) have found that golden retrievers and shibas predictably differ in terms of their expression of short allele and shibas expressing the long D4 allele more often (see Neural and Physiological Substrates in Volume 2, Chapter 5).
    • 2020, Kaitlyn Duling, Shiba Inus (Awesome Dogs; Blastoff! Readers), Bellwether Media, →ISBN, page 11:
      Some shibas have red fur.

Japanese

Romanization

shiba

  1. Rōmaji transcription of しば

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شَبِعَ (šabiʕa).

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Verb

-shiba (infinitive kushiba)

  1. (stative) to be satisfied or full
    nimeshiba ― I am full

Conjugation

Conjugation of -shiba
Positive present -nashiba
Subjunctive -shibe
Negative -shibi
Imperative singular shiba
Infinitives
Positive kushiba
Negative kutoshiba
Imperatives
Singular shiba
Plural shibeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hushiba
Positive past positive subject concord + -lishiba
Negative past negative subject concord + -kushiba
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nashiba)
Singular Plural
1st person ninashiba/nashiba tunashiba
2nd person unashiba mnashiba
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anashiba wanashiba
other classes positive subject concord + -nashiba
Negative present (negative subject concord + -shibi)
Singular Plural
1st person sishibi hatushibi
2nd person hushibi hamshibi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hashibi hawashibi
other classes negative subject concord + -shibi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tashiba
Negative future negative subject concord + -tashiba
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -shibe)
Singular Plural
1st person nishibe tushibe
2nd person ushibe mshibe
3rd person m-wa(I/II) ashibe washibe
other classes positive subject concord + -shibe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sishibe
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngeshiba
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singeshiba
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalishiba
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalishiba
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -ashiba)
Singular Plural
1st person nashiba twashiba
2nd person washiba mwashiba
3rd person m-wa(I/II) ashiba washiba
m-mi(III/IV) washiba yashiba
ji-ma(V/VI) lashiba yashiba
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chashiba vyashiba
n(IX/X) yashiba zashiba
u(XI) washiba see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwashiba
pa(XVI) pashiba
mu(XVIII) mwashiba
Perfect positive subject concord + -meshiba
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshashiba
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jashiba
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kishiba
"If not" positive subject concord + -siposhiba
Consecutive kashiba / positive subject concord + -kashiba
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kashibe
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nishiba -tushiba
2nd person -kushiba -washiba/-kushibeni/-washibeni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mshiba -washiba
m-mi(III/IV) -ushiba -ishiba
ji-ma(V/VI) -lishiba -yashiba
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kishiba -vishiba
n(IX/X) -ishiba -zishiba
u(XI) -ushiba see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kushiba
pa(XVI) -pashiba
mu(XVIII) -mushiba
Reflexive -jishiba
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -shiba- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -shibaye -shibao
m-mi(III/IV) -shibao -shibayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -shibalo -shibayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -shibacho -shibavyo
n(IX/X) -shibayo -shibazo
u(XI) -shibao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -shibako
pa(XVI) -shibapo
mu(XVIII) -shibamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -shiba)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yeshiba -oshiba
m-mi(III/IV) -oshiba -yoshiba
ji-ma(V/VI) -loshiba -yoshiba
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -choshiba -vyoshiba
n(IX/X) -yoshiba -zoshiba
u(XI) -oshiba see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -koshiba
pa(XVI) -poshiba
mu(XVIII) -moshiba
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Swazi

Verb

-shiba

  1. to dunk

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

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