English Online Dictionary. What means mba? What does mba mean?
Fula
Alternative forms
- nga (Adamawa)
Suffix
mba
- (Maasina) Noun class indicator for nouns (singular) large animals
Article
mba
- (definite, Maasina) the (when it follows the noun)
- norwa mba ― the crocodile
Determiner
mba
- (Maasina) (used in indicating something)
- mba norwa ― this/that crocodile
Igbo
Etymology 1
Interjection
mbà
- no!
Etymology 2
From Proto-Igboid *ʊ́̃-bà. Cognate with Ekpeye ʊ̀bà, Ogbah ḿbà, Ezaa ḿbà.
Noun
mbà
- country, nation
- town
- nation, ethnicity, people
Etymology 3
Noun
m̀ba
- rebuke, reprimand
Etymology 4
Noun
m̀bà
- tiredness
- laziness
- rape
References
Irish
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mˠa(h)/, /mˠɑ(h)/
Noun
mba f pl
- Eclipsed form of ba.
- Blíonn siad a mba gach lá. ― They milk their cows every day.
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mˠə/
- Homophone: mo
Particle
mba (triggers lenition)
- Eclipsed form of ba.
- dá mba chapall mé ― if I were a horse
Malagasy
Conjunction
mba
- to, in order to
- as
Nzadi
Etymology
From Common Bantu *ìbá.
Noun
mbá (plural mbá)
- palm nut
Related terms
- ibá (“palm tree”)
Further reading
- Crane, Thera, Larry Hyman, Simon Nsielanga Tukumu (2011) A grammar of Nzadi [B.865]: a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, →ISBN
Swahili
Pronunciation
Noun
mba class IX (plural mba class X)
- dandruff
Swazi
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *-jìmba.
Verb
-mba
- (intransitive) to dig
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Xhosa
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *-jìmba.
Verb
-mba
- (intransitive) to dig
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Zulu
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *-jìmba.
Verb
-mba
- (intransitive) to dig
- (intransitive) to burrow
- (transitive) to dig up, unearth, excavate
Inflection
Derived terms
- umumbi
References
- C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “mba”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “mba”