namba

English

Noun

namba (plural nambas)

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

Anagrams

• amban, nabam

Kikuyu

Etymology

Borrowed from English number.

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)

• (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including hiti, icembe, igoko (pl. magoko), ihĩtia (pl. mahĩtia), itumbĩ (pl. matumbĩ), kĩeha, kĩng'ang'i, mũhikania, mũhũmũ, mũkanda, mbica, nduka, ngingo, ngũkũ, rũthanju, tombo, and so on.

Noun

namba class 9/10 (plural namba)

1. number

Nupe

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nã̀.ŋ̀.bà/

Noun

nàm̀bà (plural nàm̀bàzhì)

1. bag (in particular) one made of leather

   Synonym: gánfánka

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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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, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 1:5:

     Tulait em i kolim “De,” na tudak em i kolim “Nait.” Nait i go pinis na moning i kamap. Em i de namba wan.

     →New International Version translation

Usage notes

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

Derived terms

• namba wan