Wiktionary

sambai

Dama (Sierra Leone) edit

Etymology edit

Related to obsolete Mende samba (“sandal”).

Noun edit

sambai

  1. shoe

References edit

  • Dalby, T. D. P. (1963) “The extinct language of Dama”, in Sierra Leone Language Review, volume 2, Freetown: Fourah Bay College, pages 50–54

Portuguese edit

Verb edit

sambai

  1. second-person plural imperative of sambar

Tok Pisin edit

Etymology edit

From English stand by.

Verb edit

sambai

  1. to stand by, to wait for
  2. to be ready
  3. to provide assistance, to help
  4. to protect or guard
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