namba

English

Noun

namba (plural nambas)

  1. A penis sheath worn by tribesmen in parts of the Pacific.

Anagrams

Kikuyu

Etymology

Borrowed from English number.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nàmbá/
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 4 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩng'ang'i, ngũkũ, kĩeha, and so on.
  • (Kiambu)

Noun

namba class 9/10 (plural namba)

  1. number

References

  1. ↑ “namba” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 278. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  2. ↑ Yukawa, Yasutoshi (1981). "A Tentative Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns: A Study of Limuru Dialect." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 22, 75–123.

Swahili

Noun

namba (n class, plural namba)

  1. Alternative form of nambari

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English number.

Noun

namba

  1. number

Particle

namba

  1. Used to make a cardinal number into an ordinal number
    • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Genesis 1:5 (translation here):
      Tulait em i kolim “De,” na tudak em i kolim “Nait.” Nait i go pinis na moning i kamap. Em i de namba wan.

Usage notes

When converted to the ordinal form, namba comes after the noun and is followed by the number.

Derived terms

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