tamba

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See also: tambâ

Javanese

Romanization

tamba

  1. romanization of ꦠꦩ꧀ꦧ

Malay

Verb

tamba

  1. (1924-1972) obsolete spelling of tambah

Old Javanese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tam.ba/
  • Rhymes: -ba
  • Hyphenation: tam‧ba

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tambar (“antidote”) (compare Malay tawar (“tasteless”), Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tambal (“to mend, to patch”)).

Noun

tamba

  1. cure, remedy, medicine
    Synonyms: jampi, jampyan, oṣadha, oṣadhi, tamba, tambā, uṣadha, uwat, waidya, wedya
Alternative forms
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Javanese: ꦠꦩ꧀ꦧ (tamba)

Etymology 2

Unknown, probably affixation of amba (“broad, wide”) +‎ ta-. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Root

tamba

  1. tardy, slow
Derived terms

Further reading

  • "tamba" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Swahili

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Verb

-tamba (infinitive kutamba)

  1. to narrate, to recount

Conjugation

Conjugation of -tamba
Positive present -natamba
Subjunctive -tambe
Negative -tambi
Imperative singular tamba
Infinitives
Positive kutamba
Negative kutotamba
Imperatives
Singular tamba
Plural tambeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hutamba
Positive past positive subject concord + -litamba
Negative past negative subject concord + -kutamba
Positive present (positive subject concord + -natamba)
Singular Plural
1st person ninatamba/natamba tunatamba
2nd person unatamba mnatamba
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anatamba wanatamba
other classes positive subject concord + -natamba
Negative present (negative subject concord + -tambi)
Singular Plural
1st person sitambi hatutambi
2nd person hutambi hamtambi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hatambi hawatambi
other classes negative subject concord + -tambi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tatamba
Negative future negative subject concord + -tatamba
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -tambe)
Singular Plural
1st person nitambe tutambe
2nd person utambe mtambe
3rd person m-wa(I/II) atambe watambe
other classes positive subject concord + -tambe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sitambe
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetamba
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetamba
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalitamba
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalitamba
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -atamba)
Singular Plural
1st person natamba twatamba
2nd person watamba mwatamba
3rd person m-wa(I/II) atamba watamba
m-mi(III/IV) watamba yatamba
ji-ma(V/VI) latamba yatamba
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chatamba vyatamba
n(IX/X) yatamba zatamba
u(XI) watamba see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwatamba
pa(XVI) patamba
mu(XVIII) mwatamba
Perfect positive subject concord + -metamba
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshatamba
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jatamba
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kitamba
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipotamba
Consecutive katamba / positive subject concord + -katamba
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -katambe
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nitamba -tutamba
2nd person -kutamba -watamba/-kutambeni/-watambeni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mtamba -watamba
m-mi(III/IV) -utamba -itamba
ji-ma(V/VI) -litamba -yatamba
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kitamba -vitamba
n(IX/X) -itamba -zitamba
u(XI) -utamba see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kutamba
pa(XVI) -patamba
mu(XVIII) -mutamba
Reflexive -jitamba
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -tamba- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -tambaye -tambao
m-mi(III/IV) -tambao -tambayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -tambalo -tambayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -tambacho -tambavyo
n(IX/X) -tambayo -tambazo
u(XI) -tambao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -tambako
pa(XVI) -tambapo
mu(XVIII) -tambamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -tamba)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yetamba -otamba
m-mi(III/IV) -otamba -yotamba
ji-ma(V/VI) -lotamba -yotamba
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotamba -vyotamba
n(IX/X) -yotamba -zotamba
u(XI) -otamba see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kotamba
pa(XVI) -potamba
mu(XVIII) -motamba
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

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