keba

keba

See also: kēba

Gonja

Etymology

Probably cognate with Gikyode giban, Chumburung ke̱baŋ, Nawuri kɩbanbantɛɛ, Nkonya bamba.

Noun

keba (plural aba)

  1. wing

Kituba

Verb

keba

  1. to take care

Kongo

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-kéb.

Verb

keba

  1. to take care

Laboya

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkeːba]

Noun

keba

  1. raised platform used to sit on

References

  • Allahverdi Verdizade (2019), “keba”, in Lamboya word list[1], Leiden: LexiRumah

Lingala

Etymology

Borrowed from Kongo keba.

Verb

-keba (infinitive kokeba)

  1. to take care

Maltese

Root
k-b-j
1 term

Etymology

    Inherited from Arabic كَبَا (kabā).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈkɛ.ba/
    • Rhymes: -ɛba

    Verb

    keba (imperfect jikbi, past participle mikjub, active participle kiebi, verbal noun kibi)

    1. to languish

    Conjugation

    Conjugation of keba (Form I)
    positive forms
    singular plural
    1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
    perfect m kbejt kbejt keba kbejna kbejtu kbew
    f kbiet
    imperfect m nikbi tikbi jikbi nikbu tikbu jikbu
    f tikbi
    imperative ikbi ikbu

    Old High German

    Noun

    këba (Alemannic)

    1. alternative form of gëba