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simba

See also: Simba and şimbä

Bikol Central

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Malay sembah.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /simˈba/ [simˈba]
  • Hyphenation: sim‧ba

Noun

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simbá (Basahan spelling ᜐᜒᜋ᜔ᜊ)

  1. act of going to church, attending church services

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Cebuano

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Malay sembah.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: sim‧ba
  • IPA(key): /ˈsimba/ [ˈs̪im.bɐ]

Verb

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simba

  1. to adore
  2. to go to church
  3. to attend church services

Noun

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simba

  1. an instance of going to church or attending church services

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Quotations

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Kituba

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Verb

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simba

  1. to hold
  2. to catch

Kongo

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Etymology

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Ultimately from Proto-Bantu *ncímbá (“lion”).

Noun

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simba

  1. lion
    Synonym: nkosi

Lingala

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Verb

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simba

  1. to touch
  2. to hold
  3. to catch

Shona

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Etymology 1

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

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-simba (infinitive kusimba)

  1. be strong
  2. be powerful

Noun

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simbá class 5 (plural masimbá class 6)

  1. strength
  2. power, authority
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Etymology 2

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From Proto-Bantu *ncímbá. The irregular development of the tones suggests that it may be a borrowing from another Bantu language.

Noun

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simba class 9 (plural simba class 10)

  1. genet
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Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsimba/ [ˈsĩm.ba]
  • Rhymes: -imba
  • Syllabification: sim‧ba

Etymology 1

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Adjective

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simba m or f (masculine and feminine plural simbas)

  1. Simba

Noun

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simba m (uncountable)

  1. Simba (language)

Etymology 2

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Verb

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simba

  1. inflection of simbar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Swahili

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simba wa Kenya
 
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Etymology

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From Proto-Bantu *ncímbá. Cognate with Nyamwezi nshimba, Umbundu simbe, Venda tsimba, Zulu insimba. However, Sanskrit सिंह (siṃha) is a false cognate.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsi.ᵐbɑ/
  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

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simba class IX (plural simba class X)

  1. lion

Tagalog

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Malay sembah, possibly from Javanese ꦱꦼꦩ꧀ꦧꦃ (sembah), from Old Javanese sĕmbah, possibly from Old Khmer saṃbaḥ ~ sambaḥ (whence Khmer សំពះ (sɑmpĕəh)). Compare Bikol Central simba, Cebuano simba, and Waray-Waray singba. Doublet of samba.

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Noun

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simbá or simba (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜋ᜔ᜊ)

  1. going to church (to pray, attend service, etc.)
  2. attending of Mass
    Synonyms: pagsimba, pagsisimba

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • “simba”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) loan “worship”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
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