mba

mba

synonyms, antonyms, definitions, examples & translations of mba in English

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Igbo

Etymology 1

Interjection

ḿba

  1. no!

Etymology 2

From Proto-Igboid *ʊ́̃-bà. Cognate with Ekpeye ʊ̀bà, Ogbah ḿbà, Ezaa ḿbà.

Noun

ḿba

  1. country, nation
  2. town
  3. nation, ethnicity, people

Etymology 3

Noun

mbá

  1. rebuke, reprimand

Etymology 4

Noun

mba

  1. tiredness
  2. laziness
  3. rape

References

Irish

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mˠa]

Noun

mba f pl

  1. Eclipsed form of ba.
    Blíonn siad a mba gach lá.They milk their cows every day.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mˠə]

Particle

mba (triggers lenition)

  1. Eclipsed form of ba.
    mba chapall méif I were a horse

Malagasy

Conjunction

mba

  1. to, in order to
  2. as

Nzadi

Etymology

From Common Bantu *ìbá.

Noun

mbá (plural mbá)

  1. 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 (n class, plural mba)

  1. dandruff

Swazi

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-jìmba.

Verb

-mba

  1. (intransitive) to dig

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Xhosa

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-jìmba.

Verb

-mba

  1. (intransitive) to dig

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Zulu

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-jìmba.

Verb

-mba

  1. (intransitive) to dig
  2. (intransitive) to burrow
  3. (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

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