# mamba
## English
### Etymology

From Zulu imamba.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɑm.bɑ/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)

### Noun

mamba (plural mambas)
* Any of various venomous snakes of the genus Dendroaspis, native to Africa, that live in trees.

#### Derived terms

* black mamba
* green mamba

#### Translations
### Further reading

* mamba on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Dendroaspis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

### Anagrams

* bamma

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Zulu imamba.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈmam.bə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈmam.ba]

### Noun

mamba f (plural mambes)
* mamba (venomous snake)

### Further reading

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

## Chichewa
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈma.ᵐba/

#### Noun

mamba class 6
* scale(s) (of a fish or snake)

### Etymology 2

Cognate to Zulu imamba.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmá.ᵐba/

#### Noun

mámba class 9 (plural mámba class 10)
* spitting cobra

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmamba]

### Noun

mamba f
* 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

* IPA: /ˈmɑm.baː/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: mam‧ba
* Rhymes: -ɑmbaː

### Noun

mamba m (plural mamba's)
* a mamba, venomous snake of the genus Dendroaspis

#### Derived terms

* groene mamba
* zwarte mamba

## Finnish
### Etymology

From English mamba, from Zulu imamba.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɑmbɑ/, [ˈmɑ̝mbɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -ɑmbɑ
* Hyphenation: mam‧ba

### Noun

mamba
* mamba

#### Declension

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
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
mambansa
mambansa
accusative
nom.
mambansa
mambansa
gen.
mambansa
genitive
mambansa
mambojensa mambainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
mambaansa
mambojaan mambojansa
inessive
mambassaan mambassansa
mamboissaan mamboissansa
elative
mambastaan mambastansa
mamboistaan mamboistansa
illative
mambaansa
mamboihinsa
adessive
mamballaan mamballansa
mamboillaan mamboillansa
ablative
mambaltaan mambaltansa
mamboiltaan mamboiltansa
allative
mamballeen mamballensa
mamboilleen mamboillensa
essive
mambanaan mambanansa
mamboinaan mamboinansa
translative
mambakseen mambaksensa
mamboikseen mamboiksensa
abessive
mambattaan mambattansa
mamboittaan mamboittansa
instructive
comitative
—mamboineen mamboinensa :

#### Derived terms

* jamesoninmamba
* mustamamba
* vihermamba

### Further reading

* “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

## French
### Noun

mamba m (plural mambas)
* mamba

#### Derived terms

* mamba noir

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmam.ba/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -amba
* Syllabification: mam‧ba

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from English mamba.

#### Noun

mamba f
* mamba (any snake of the genus Dendroaspis)

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

mamba n
* genitive singular of mambo

### Further reading

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

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɐ̃.bɐ/
* Rhymes: -ɐ̃bɐ
* Hyphenation: mam‧ba

### Noun

mamba f (plural mambas)
* mamba (venomous snake of the genus Dendroaspis)

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmamba/ [ˈmãm.ba]
* Rhymes: -amba
* Syllabification: mam‧ba

### Noun

mamba f (plural mambas)
* mamba

### Further reading

* “mamba”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Swahili
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Noun

mamba class IX (plural mamba class X)
* crocodile (reptile)
    Synonym: (dialectal) ngwena
* black mamba

## Swazi
### Etymology

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

### Noun

mamba class 1a (plural bómamba class 2a)
* mamba snake

#### Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.