imba

imba

See also: imbá

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɪmbə/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Adjective

imba (comparative more imba, superlative most imba)

  1. (video games, slang) Clipping of imbalanced.
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:imba.

Descendants

  • → Russian: имба́ (imbá)

See also

  • UP (“underpowered”), OP (“overpowered”)
  • nerf

Anagrams

Bemba

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-jɪ́mba (“to sing”).

Verb

-imba

  1. to sing
  2. to dig

References

  • Reverend E. Hoch (1998), Bemba - English/English - Bemba‎[1], Hippocrene Books, page 36

Chichewa

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-jɪ́mba. Cognate with Yao (Africa) -jimba.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈi.ᵐba/

Verb

-imba (infinitive kuímba)

  1. to sing

Derived terms

  • Nominal derivations:

See also

  • -dedereza (“to sing melodiously”)
  • -vungana (“to sing well together”)
  • -vwalula (“to sing badly”)

Ikizu

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-jɪ́mba.

Verb

-imba

  1. to sing

Derived terms

References

  • Walker, John B. (2017), Ikizu-Sizaki - Swahili - English Dictionary.‎[2], SIL International

Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Javanese himba.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /im.ba/
  • Hyphenation: im‧ba

Noun

ꦲꦶꦩ꧀ꦧ (imba) (ngoko alis, krama imba)

  1. Krama inggil of ꦲꦭꦶꦱ꧀ (alis, “eyebrow”).
  2. brow

Further reading

  • The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2011), “imba”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), 2nd edition, Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN

Kabwa

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-jɪ́mba.

Verb

-imba (infinitive okwimba)

  1. to sing

References

  • Philipo, Nyamisana Hamis; Walker, John B. (2016), "Kabwa - Swahili - English Dictionary."‎[3], SIL International

Kwanyama

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-jɪ́mba (“to sing”).

Verb

imba (infinitive okwiimba)

  1. (ambitransitive) to sing

References

  • G.W.R. Tobias, M.C., M.A; B.H.C. Turvey, M.A. (1965), English-Kwanyama Dictionary‎[4], Witwatersrand University Press Johannesburg, page 163
  • Thera Crane, Karl Lindgren-Streicher, Andy Wingo, Hai ti! A Beginner's Guide to Oshikwanyama (2004), pages 18 & 27

Shona

Etymology

    Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mbá.

    Noun

    imbá class 9 (plural dzimbá class 10)

    1. house

    Swahili

    Etymology

    Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-jɪ́mba. Cognate with Chichewa -imba, Tumbuka -imba and Yao (Africa) -jimba.

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    -imba (infinitive kuimba)

    1. to sing

    Conjugation

    Conjugation of -imba
    Positive present -naimba
    Subjunctive -imbe
    Negative -imbi
    Imperative singular imba
    Infinitives
    Positive kuimba
    Negative kutoimba
    Imperatives
    Singular imba
    Plural imbeni
    Tensed forms
    Habitual huimba
    Positive past positive subject concord + -liimba
    Negative past negative subject concord + -kuimba
    Positive present (positive subject concord + -naimba)
    Singular Plural
    1st person ninaimba/naimba tunaimba
    2nd person unaimba mnaimba
    3rd person m-wa(I/II) anaimba wanaimba
    other classes positive subject concord + -naimba
    Negative present (negative subject concord + -imbi)
    Singular Plural
    1st person siimbi hatuimbi
    2nd person huimbi hamwimbi
    3rd person m-wa(I/II) haimbi hawaimbi
    other classes negative subject concord + -imbi
    Positive future positive subject concord + -taimba
    Negative future negative subject concord + -taimba
    Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -imbe)
    Singular Plural
    1st person niimbe tuimbe
    2nd person uimbe mwimbe
    3rd person m-wa(I/II) aimbe waimbe
    other classes positive subject concord + -imbe
    Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -siimbe
    Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngeimba
    Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singeimba
    Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngaliimba
    Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singaliimba
    Gnomic (positive subject concord + -aimba)
    Singular Plural
    1st person naimba twaimba
    2nd person waimba mwaimba
    3rd person m-wa(I/II) aimba waimba
    m-mi(III/IV) waimba yaimba
    ji-ma(V/VI) laimba yaimba
    ki-vi(VII/VIII) chaimba vyaimba
    n(IX/X) yaimba zaimba
    u(XI) waimba see n(X) or ma(VI) class
    ku(XV/XVII) kwaimba
    pa(XVI) paimba
    mu(XVIII) mwaimba
    Perfect positive subject concord + -meimba
    "Already" positive subject concord + -meshaimba
    "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jaimba
    "If/When" positive subject concord + -kiimba
    "If not" positive subject concord + -sipoimba
    Consecutive kaimba / positive subject concord + -kaimba
    Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kaimbe
    Object concord (indicative positive)
    Singular Plural
    1st person -niimba -tuimba
    2nd person -kuimba -waimba/-kuimbeni/-waimbeni
    3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mwimba -waimba
    m-mi(III/IV) -uimba -iimba
    ji-ma(V/VI) -liimba -yaimba
    ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kiimba -viimba
    n(IX/X) -iimba -ziimba
    u(XI) -uimba see n(X) or ma(VI) class
    ku(XV/XVII) -kuimba
    pa(XVI) -paimba
    mu(XVIII) -muimba
    Reflexive -jiimba
    Relative forms
    General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -imba- + relative marker)
    Singular Plural
    m-wa(I/II) -imbaye -imbao
    m-mi(III/IV) -imbao -imbayo
    ji-ma(V/VI) -imbalo -imbayo
    ki-vi(VII/VIII) -imbacho -imbavyo
    n(IX/X) -imbayo -imbazo
    u(XI) -imbao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
    ku(XV/XVII) -imbako
    pa(XVI) -imbapo
    mu(XVIII) -imbamo
    Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -imba)
    Singular Plural
    m-wa(I/II) -yeimba -oimba
    m-mi(III/IV) -oimba -yoimba
    ji-ma(V/VI) -loimba -yoimba
    ki-vi(VII/VIII) -choimba -vyoimba
    n(IX/X) -yoimba -zoimba
    u(XI) -oimba see n(X) or ma(VI) class
    ku(XV/XVII) -koimba
    pa(XVI) -poimba
    mu(XVIII) -moimba
    Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

    Derived terms

    Tumbuka

    Etymology

    Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-jɪ́mba. Cognate with Chichewa -imba, Yao (Africa) -jimba and Swahili -imba.

    Verb

    -imba (infinitive kwimba)

    1. to sing

    Venda

    Etymology

    Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-jɪ́mba.

    Verb

    imba

    1. to sing

    Derived terms

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