# amba
## English
### Etymology 1

From Amharic ዐምባ (ʿämba).

#### Noun

amba (plural ambas)
* A characteristic landform in Ethiopia: a steep-sided, flat-topped mountain, often the site of a settlement.

### Etymology 2

From Arabic عَمْبَة (ʕamba) and Hebrew עמבה; ultimately from Sanskrit आम्र (āmra).

#### Noun

amba (uncountable)
* A tangy mango pickle used as a condiment in the Middle East.

### Anagrams

* AABM, AMAB, BAAM, BMAA, Bama, MAAB, bama

## Cebuano
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /am.baʔ/

### Noun

amba
* lowing or mooing sound of cattle

### Verb

amba
* to moo, low as of cattle

#### Synonyms

* inga

## Hiligaynon
### Verb

ámba
* chant, sing

## Icelandic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈampa/
    Rhymes: -ampa

### Noun

amba f (genitive singular ömbu, nominative plural ömbur)
* Alternative form of amaba

#### Declension
## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈam.ba/
* Rhymes: -amba
* Hyphenation: àm‧ba

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Amharic አምባ (ʾämba).

#### Noun

amba f (plural ambe)
* (geology) a characteristic landform in Ethiopia, consisting of a steep-sided, flat-topped mountain

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

amba f (plural ambe)
* (usually in the plural) circumlocution, periphrasis
    Synonyms: (formal) circonlocuzione, (colloquial) giro di parole, perifrasi

### Further reading

* amba in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
* amba in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

## Javanese
### Romanization

amba
* Romanization of ꦲꦩ꧀ꦧ

## Kanufi
### Noun

amba
* plural of uwa

### References

* Roger Blench, The Anib (=Kanufi) language of Central Nigeria and its affinities, page 3, 2011

## Kikuyu
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-bàmba (“to stretch and peg a hide”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aᵐba/

### Verb

amba (infinitive kwamba)
* to peg (out), to pitch
* to stretch out
* to do first

#### Derived terms

* kwambata
   * mwambato class 3
* kwambĩrĩria
   * kĩambĩrĩria class 7
   * mwambĩrĩrio class 3
* rwambo class 11
   * rwambo rũmwe rũtiambaga ndarwa

### References

* Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu, p. 360. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).
* “amba” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 7. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

## Manchu
### Romanization

amba
* Romanization of ᠠᠮᠪᠠ

## Old Javanese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /amba/

### Etymology 1
#### Adjective

amba
* actually

### Etymology 2

Unknown, probably *ba +‎ aN- as Proto-Mon-Khmer *wah~*lwah (“wide”).

#### Adjective

amba
* broad, wide

##### Descendants

* Javanese: ꦲꦩ꧀ꦧ (amba, “wide”)

### Etymology 3
#### Noun

amba
* vegetables, condiments with a meat-dish

### Further reading

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

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* 𑀅𑀫𑁆𑀩 (Brahmi script)
* अम्ब (Devanagari script)
* অম্ব (Bengali script)
* අම‍්බ (Sinhalese script)
* အမ္ဗ or ဢမ္ၿ or ဢမ်ၿ (Burmese script)
* อมฺพ or อัมพะ (Thai script)
* ᩋᨾᩛ (Tai Tham script)
* ອມ຺ພ or ອັມພະ (Lao script)
* អម្ព (Khmer script)
* 𑄃𑄟𑄴𑄝 (Chakma script)

### Etymology 1

From Sanskrit आम्र (āmra).

#### Noun

amba m
* the mango tree, Mangifera indica

##### Declension
#### Noun

amba n
* the mango fruit

##### Related terms

* ambaphala (“mango fruit”)
* ambavana (“mango grove”)

#### References

* Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “amba”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

amba
* vocative singular of ambā (“mummy”)

## Swahili
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-gàmba (“to speak, to answer”).

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Pronoun

amba-
* which; who (relative pronoun)
** 18th century, Abdallah bin Ali bin Nasir, Al-Inkishafi‎, translation from R. Allen (1946) “Inkishafi—a translation from the Swahili”, in African Studies, volume 5, number 4, →DOI, pages 243–249, stanza 6:نِيَضِهِرِشِ يَغُ مَقَالِ ، اَبَيُ مُيُوْنِ نِقُصُدِيِNiyaḍihirishe yangu maqali, ambayo moyoni niquṣudiye.Let me set forth the plan which I have in my heart.

#### Inflection
### Verb

-amba (infinitive kwamba)
* to say, to explain

#### Conjugation

Conjugation of -amba :
| Positive present | -naamba |
| Subjunctive | -ambe |
| Negative | -ambi |
| Imperative singular | amba |
Infinitives :
| Positive | kwamba kuamba |
| Negative | kutoamba |
Imperatives :
| Singular | amba |
| Plural | ambeni |
Tensed forms :
| Habitual | huamba |
| Positive past | positive subject concord + -liamba |
| Negative past | negative subject concord + -kuamba |
| Positive future | positive subject concord + -taamba |
| Negative future | negative subject concord + -taamba |
| Negative subjunctive | positive subject concord + -siambe |
| Positive present conditional | positive subject concord + -ngeamba |
| Negative present conditional | positive subject concord + -singeamba |
| Positive past conditional | positive subject concord + -ngaliamba |
| Negative past conditional | positive subject concord + -singaliamba |
| Perfect | positive subject concord + -meamba |
| "Already" | positive subject concord + -meshaamba |
| "Not yet" | negative subject concord + -jaamba |
| "If/When" | positive subject concord + -kiamba |
| "If not" | positive subject concord + -sipoamba |
| Consecutive | kaamba / positive subject concord + -kaamba |
| Consecutive subjunctive | positive subject concord + -kaambe |
Relative forms :
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information. :

#### Derived terms

* Verbal derivations:
** Applicative: -ambia
** Causative: -ambisha
** Passive: -ambwa, -ambiwa
** Stative: -ambika
* Nominal derivations:
** chambo
** jambo

## Tagalog
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ʔamˈbaʔ/ [ʔɐmˈbaʔ]
* Rhymes: -aʔ
* Syllabification: am‧ba

#### Noun

ambâ (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜋ᜔ᜊ)
* uncle
    Synonyms: tito, tiyo, tiyuhin, tiyong, amain, (slang) tsong
* (dialectal) grandfather
    Synonym: lolo

##### Alternative forms

* ba — clipping

##### Derived terms

* amba poon

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ʔamˈbaʔ/ [ʔɐmˈbaʔ], (nonstandard) /ʔamˈba/ [ʔɐmˈba]
* Rhymes: -aʔ, (nonstandard) -a
* Syllabification: am‧ba

#### Noun

ambâ or ambá (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜋ᜔ᜊ)
* threatening gesture
    Synonyms: yamba, akma

##### Derived terms

* ambaan
* iamba
* mag-ambaan
* pag-amba
* umamba

### Further reading

* “amba”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

## Venda
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-gàmba (“to speak, to answer”).

### Verb

amba
* to speak

## Zulu
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-gàmba (“to speak, to answer”).

### Verb

-amba
* to be sarcastic

#### Inflection
### References

* C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “amba”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “amba (6.6-3)”