bamba

Of expressive origin.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈbam.bə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈbam.ba]

bamba f (plural bambes)

1. bubble, blister

   Synonyms: bombolla, bòfia

• coca bamba

• “bamba” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

• IPA^(key): /bamba/

bamba

1. hard
2. loud

• (2003) Gamilaraay Yuwaalaraay Yuwaalayaay Dictionary

• IPA^(key): /ˈbam.ba/
• Rhymes: -amba
• Hyphenation: bàm‧ba

Onomatopoeic/sound-symbolic. See bambo.

bamba f (plural bambe)

1. (obsolete) doll

   Synonym: bambola

2. (slang, uncountable) cocaine

bamba m or f by sense (invariable)

1. (dialectal, Milan) naive person, fool, idiot

Borrowed from Spanish bamba, of onomatopoeic origin.

bamba f (plural bambe)

1. a Latin-American dance

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

bamba f sg

1. feminine singular of bambo

• bamba in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

bamba

1. to fix, to repair

Cognate with Latvian bamba (“ball, knob; pestle”), of uncertain origin.^[1] Probably a sound-symbolic independent formation in Baltic, with bilabial stops denoting rounded objects; for a similar formation, compare Sanskrit बिम्ब (bimba, “disc; sphere; image”), as well as the bouba-kiki effect for more on the phenomenon.

• IPA^(key): [ˈbambɐ]

bámba f (plural bámbos) stress pattern 1

1. (anatomy) navel, bellybutton
2. bulge or growth (on a tree)

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃bɐ
• Hyphenation: bam‧ba

Borrowed from Kimbundu mbamba (“master”).

bamba m or f (plural bambas)

1. (Brazil) of renown, a bigshot
   1. valiant, valorous
   2. expert, a hotshot, a pro

• bambambã

bamba

1. feminine singular of bambo

• IPA^(key): /ˈbamba/ [ˈbãm.ba]
• Rhymes: -amba
• Syllabification: bam‧ba

Onomatopoeic.

bamba f (plural bambas)

1. hit, strike (in a game)

   Synonym: acierto

2. (dance) a Latin American dance

From a trademark.

bamba f (plural bambas)

1. sneaker

   Synonym: playera

2. flip-flop, thong, jandal

   Synonyms: chancla, sandalia

• “bamba”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

• Audio (Kenya):

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-bamba (infinitive kubamba)

1. to capture (take control of)
2. to resist (oppose)

Conjugation of -bamba
Positive present -nabamba Subjunctive -bambe Negative -bambi Imperative singular bamba
Infinitives
Positive kubamba Negative kutobamba
Imperatives
Singular bamba Plural bambeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hubamba Positive past positive subject concord + -libamba Negative past negative subject concord + -kubamba
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nabamba) Singular Plural 1st person ninabamba/nabamba tunabamba 2nd person unabamba mnabamba 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anabamba wanabamba other classes positive subject concord + -nabamba
Negative present (negative subject concord + -bambi) Singular Plural 1st person sibambi hatubambi 2nd person hubambi hambambi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) habambi hawabambi other classes negative subject concord + -bambi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tabamba Negative future negative subject concord + -tabamba
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -bambe) Singular Plural 1st person nibambe tubambe 2nd person ubambe mbambe 3rd person m-wa(I/II) abambe wabambe other classes positive subject concord + -bambe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sibambe Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngebamba Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singebamba Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalibamba Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalibamba
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -abamba) Singular Plural 1st person nabamba twabamba 2nd person wabamba mwabamba 3rd person m-wa(I/II) abamba wabamba m-mi(III/IV) wabamba yabamba ji-ma(V/VI) labamba yabamba ki-vi(VII/VIII) chabamba vyabamba n(IX/X) yabamba zabamba u(XI) wabamba see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwabamba pa(XVI) pabamba mu(XVIII) mwabamba
Perfect positive subject concord + -mebamba "Already" positive subject concord + -meshabamba "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jabamba "If/When" positive subject concord + -kibamba "If not" positive subject concord + -sipobamba Consecutive kabamba / positive subject concord + -kabamba Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kabambe
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nibamba -tubamba 2nd person -kubamba -wabamba/-kubambeni/-wabambeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mbamba -wabamba m-mi(III/IV) -ubamba -ibamba ji-ma(V/VI) -libamba -yabamba ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kibamba -vibamba n(IX/X) -ibamba -zibamba u(XI) -ubamba see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kubamba pa(XVI) -pabamba mu(XVIII) -mubamba Reflexive -jibamba
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -bamba- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -bambaye -bambao m-mi(III/IV) -bambao -bambayo ji-ma(V/VI) -bambalo -bambayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -bambacho -bambavyo n(IX/X) -bambayo -bambazo u(XI) -bambao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -bambako pa(XVI) -bambapo mu(XVIII) -bambamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -bamba) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yebamba -obamba m-mi(III/IV) -obamba -yobamba ji-ma(V/VI) -lobamba -yobamba ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chobamba -vyobamba n(IX/X) -yobamba -zobamba u(XI) -obamba see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kobamba pa(XVI) -pobamba mu(XVIII) -mobamba
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

-bamba

1. to get hold of, to catch, to grasp, to hold

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Probably shortening of barnbespisning. The traditional Gothenburg dialect has no retroflex consonants, so barn would be pronounced ban, and then /n/ assimilated to /m/ in front of /b/.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbamba/
• Rhymes: -amba

bamba c

1. (dialectal, Gothenburg) school canteen
   • 2019, Ulrika Karlsson, “Skola utrymd efter brand – elever får gå hem [School evacuated after fire – pupils have to go home]”, in Göteborgs-Posten‎^[2]:

     Det var en elcentral i närheten av bamba som brann, och det var ganska mycket rökspridning i lokalen[…]

     It was a distribution box near the school canteen that was burning, and quite a lot of smoke spreading in the room[…]

• bambamat
• bambarast
• bambatant

• Bamba. Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore. 1 September 2016.
• bamba in Svensk ordbok (SO)

• IPA^(key): /ɓaᵐba/

bamba

1. door

• Anceaux, Johannes C. (1987) Wolio Dictionary (Wolio-English-Indonesian) / Kamus Bahasa Wolio (Wolio-Inggeris-Indonesia), Dordrecht: Foris

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

-bamba

1. to touch
2. to catch

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

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

-bamba

1. to catch, to grip
2. to arrest, to restrain
3. to adhere, to be sticky, to make stick
4. to understand, to comprehend
5. to hold/keep back, to delay
6. to hinder
7. to undertake, to engage

Tone L
Infinitive	ukubamba
	Positive	Negative
Infinitive	ukubamba	ukungabambi
	Imperative
	Simple	+ object concord
Singular	bamba	-bambe
Plural	bambani	-bambeni
	Present
	Positive absolute	Positive relative	Positive participial	Negative absolute	Negative relative	Negative participial
1st singular	ngiyabamba, ngibamba	engibambayo, engibamba	ngibamba	angibambi	engingabambi	ngingabambi
2nd singular	uyabamba, ubamba	obambayo, obamba	ubamba	awubambi	ongabambi	ungabambi
1st plural	siyabamba, sibamba	esibambayo, esibamba	sibamba	asibambi	esingabambi	singabambi
2nd plural	niyabamba, nibamba	enibambayo, enibamba	nibamba	anibambi	eningabambi	ningabambi
Class 1	uyabamba, ubamba	obambayo, obamba	ebamba	akabambi	ongabambi	engabambi
Class 2	bayabamba, babamba	ababambayo, ababamba	bebamba	ababambi	abangabambi	bengabambi
Class 3	uyabamba, ubamba	obambayo, obamba	ubamba	awubambi	ongabambi	ungabambi
Class 4	iyabamba, ibamba	ebambayo, ebamba	ibamba	ayibambi	engabambi	ingabambi
Class 5	liyabamba, libamba	elibambayo, elibamba	libamba	alibambi	elingabambi	lingabambi
Class 6	ayabamba, abamba	abambayo, abamba	ebamba	awabambi	angabambi	engabambi
Class 7	siyabamba, sibamba	esibambayo, esibamba	sibamba	asibambi	esingabambi	singabambi
Class 8	ziyabamba, zibamba	ezibambayo, ezibamba	zibamba	azibambi	ezingabambi	zingabambi
Class 9	iyabamba, ibamba	ebambayo, ebamba	ibamba	ayibambi	engabambi	ingabambi
Class 10	ziyabamba, zibamba	ezibambayo, ezibamba	zibamba	azibambi	ezingabambi	zingabambi
Class 11	luyabamba, lubamba	olubambayo, olubamba	lubamba	alubambi	olungabambi	lungabambi
Class 14	buyabamba, bubamba	obubambayo, obubamba	bubamba	abubambi	obungabambi	bungabambi
Class 15	kuyabamba, kubamba	okubambayo, okubamba	kubamba	akubambi	okungabambi	kungabambi
Class 17	kuyabamba, kubamba	okubambayo, okubamba	kubamba	akubambi	okungabambi	kungabambi
	Recent past
	Positive absolute	Positive relative	Positive participial	Negative absolute	Negative relative	Negative participial
1st singular	ngibambile, ngibambē	engibambile, engibambē	ngibambile, ngibambē	angibambanga	engingabambanga	ngingabambanga
2nd singular	ubambile, ubambē	obambile, obambē	ubambile, ubambē	awubambanga	ongabambanga	ungabambanga
1st plural	sibambile, sibambē	esibambile, esibambē	sibambile, sibambē	asibambanga	esingabambanga	singabambanga
2nd plural	nibambile, nibambē	enibambile, enibambē	nibambile, nibambē	anibambanga	eningabambanga	ningabambanga
Class 1	ubambile, ubambē	obambile, obambē	ebambile, ebambē	akabambanga	ongabambanga	engabambanga
Class 2	babambile, babambē	ababambile, ababambē	bebambile, bebambē	ababambanga	abangabambanga	bengabambanga
Class 3	ubambile, ubambē	obambile, obambē	ubambile, ubambē	awubambanga	ongabambanga	ungabambanga
Class 4	ibambile, ibambē	ebambile, ebambē	ibambile, ibambē	ayibambanga	engabambanga	ingabambanga
Class 5	libambile, libambē	elibambile, elibambē	libambile, libambē	alibambanga	elingabambanga	lingabambanga
Class 6	abambile, abambē	abambile, abambē	ebambile, ebambē	awabambanga	angabambanga	engabambanga
Class 7	sibambile, sibambē	esibambile, esibambē	sibambile, sibambē	asibambanga	esingabambanga	singabambanga
Class 8	zibambile, zibambē	ezibambile, ezibambē	zibambile, zibambē	azibambanga	ezingabambanga	zingabambanga
Class 9	ibambile, ibambē	ebambile, ebambē	ibambile, ibambē	ayibambanga	engabambanga	ingabambanga
Class 10	zibambile, zibambē	ezibambile, ezibambē	zibambile, zibambē	azibambanga	ezingabambanga	zingabambanga
Class 11	lubambile, lubambē	olubambile, olubambē	lubambile, lubambē	alubambanga	olungabambanga	lungabambanga
Class 14	bubambile, bubambē	obubambile, obubambē	bubambile, bubambē	abubambanga	obungabambanga	bungabambanga
Class 15	kubambile, kubambē	okubambile, okubambē	kubambile, kubambē	akubambanga	okungabambanga	kungabambanga
Class 17	kubambile, kubambē	okubambile, okubambē	kubambile, kubambē	akubambanga	okungabambanga	kungabambanga
	Remote past
	Positive absolute	Positive relative	Positive participial	Negative absolute	Negative relative	Negative participial
1st singular	ngābamba	engābamba	ngābamba	angibambanga	engingabambanga	ngingabambanga
2nd singular	wābamba	owābamba	wābamba	awubambanga	ongabambanga	ungabambanga
1st plural	sābamba	esābamba	sābamba	asibambanga	esingabambanga	singabambanga
2nd plural	nābamba	enābamba	nābamba	anibambanga	eningabambanga	ningabambanga
Class 1	wābamba	owābamba	ābamba	akabambanga	ongabambanga	engabambanga
Class 2	bābamba	abābamba	bābamba	ababambanga	abangabambanga	bengabambanga
Class 3	wābamba	owābamba	wābamba	awubambanga	ongabambanga	ungabambanga
Class 4	yābamba	eyābamba	yābamba	ayibambanga	engabambanga	ingabambanga
Class 5	lābamba	elābamba	lābamba	alibambanga	elingabambanga	lingabambanga
Class 6	ābamba	ābamba	ābamba	awabambanga	angabambanga	engabambanga
Class 7	sābamba	esābamba	sābamba	asibambanga	esingabambanga	singabambanga
Class 8	zābamba	ezābamba	zābamba	azibambanga	ezingabambanga	zingabambanga
Class 9	yābamba	eyābamba	yābamba	ayibambanga	engabambanga	ingabambanga
Class 10	zābamba	ezābamba	zābamba	azibambanga	ezingabambanga	zingabambanga
Class 11	lwābamba	olwābamba	lwābamba	alubambanga	olungabambanga	lungabambanga
Class 14	bābamba	obābamba	bābamba	abubambanga	obungabambanga	bungabambanga
Class 15	kwābamba	okwābamba	kwābamba	akubambanga	okungabambanga	kungabambanga
Class 17	kwābamba	okwābamba	kwābamba	akubambanga	okungabambanga	kungabambanga
	Potential
	Positive absolute	Positive relative	Positive participial	Negative absolute	Negative relative	Negative participial
1st singular	ngingabamba	—	ngingabamba	ngingebambe	—	ngingebambe
2nd singular	ungabamba	—	ungabamba	ungebambe	—	ungebambe
1st plural	singabamba	—	singabamba	singebambe	—	singebambe
2nd plural	ningabamba	—	ningabamba	ningebambe	—	ningebambe
Class 1	angabamba	—	engabamba	angebambe	—	engebambe
Class 2	bangabamba	—	bengabamba	bangebambe	—	bengebambe
Class 3	ungabamba	—	ungabamba	ungebambe	—	ungebambe
Class 4	ingabamba	—	ingabamba	ingebambe	—	ingebambe
Class 5	lingabamba	—	lingabamba	lingebambe	—	lingebambe
Class 6	angabamba	—	engabamba	angebambe	—	engebambe
Class 7	singabamba	—	singabamba	singebambe	—	singebambe
Class 8	zingabamba	—	zingabamba	zingebambe	—	zingebambe
Class 9	ingabamba	—	ingabamba	ingebambe	—	ingebambe
Class 10	zingabamba	—	zingabamba	zingebambe	—	zingebambe
Class 11	lungabamba	—	lungabamba	lungebambe	—	lungebambe
Class 14	bungabamba	—	bungabamba	bungebambe	—	bungebambe
Class 15	kungabamba	—	kungabamba	kungebambe	—	kungebambe
Class 17	kungabamba	—	kungabamba	kungebambe	—	kungebambe
	Immediate future
	Positive absolute	Positive relative	Positive participial	Negative absolute	Negative relative	Negative participial
1st singular	ngizobamba	engizobamba	ngizobamba	angizubamba	engingezubamba	ngingezubamba
2nd singular	uzobamba	ozobamba	uzobamba	awuzubamba	ongezubamba	ungezubamba
1st plural	sizobamba	esizobamba	sizobamba	asizubamba	esingezubamba	singezubamba
2nd plural	nizobamba	enizobamba	nizobamba	anizubamba	eningezubamba	ningezubamba
Class 1	uzobamba	ozobamba	ezobamba	akazubamba	ongezubamba	engezubamba
Class 2	bazobamba	abazobamba	bezobamba	abazubamba	abangezubamba	bengezubamba
Class 3	uzobamba	ozobamba	uzobamba	awuzubamba	ongezubamba	ungezubamba
Class 4	izobamba	ezobamba	izobamba	ayizubamba	engezubamba	ingezubamba
Class 5	lizobamba	elizobamba	lizobamba	alizubamba	elingezubamba	lingezubamba
Class 6	azobamba	azobamba	ezobamba	awazubamba	angezubamba	engezubamba
Class 7	sizobamba	esizobamba	sizobamba	asizubamba	esingezubamba	singezubamba
Class 8	zizobamba	ezizobamba	zizobamba	azizubamba	ezingezubamba	zingezubamba
Class 9	izobamba	ezobamba	izobamba	ayizubamba	engezubamba	ingezubamba
Class 10	zizobamba	ezizobamba	zizobamba	azizubamba	ezingezubamba	zingezubamba
Class 11	luzobamba	oluzobamba	luzobamba	aluzubamba	olungezubamba	lungezubamba
Class 14	buzobamba	obuzobamba	buzobamba	abuzubamba	obungezubamba	bungezubamba
Class 15	kuzobamba	okuzobamba	kuzobamba	akuzubamba	okungezubamba	kungezubamba
Class 17	kuzobamba	okuzobamba	kuzobamba	akuzubamba	okungezubamba	kungezubamba
	Remote future
	Positive absolute	Positive relative	Positive participial	Negative absolute	Negative relative	Negative participial
1st singular	ngiyobamba	engiyobamba	ngiyobamba	angiyubamba	engingeyubamba	ngingeyubamba
2nd singular	uyobamba	oyobamba	uyobamba	awuyubamba	ongeyubamba	ungeyubamba
1st plural	siyobamba	esiyobamba	siyobamba	asiyubamba	esingeyubamba	singeyubamba
2nd plural	niyobamba	eniyobamba	niyobamba	aniyubamba	eningeyubamba	ningeyubamba
Class 1	uyobamba	oyobamba	eyobamba	akayubamba	ongeyubamba	engeyubamba
Class 2	bayobamba	abayobamba	beyobamba	abayubamba	abangeyubamba	bengeyubamba
Class 3	uyobamba	oyobamba	uyobamba	awuyubamba	ongeyubamba	ungeyubamba
Class 4	iyobamba	eyobamba	iyobamba	ayiyubamba	engeyubamba	ingeyubamba
Class 5	liyobamba	eliyobamba	liyobamba	aliyubamba	elingeyubamba	lingeyubamba
Class 6	ayobamba	ayobamba	eyobamba	awayubamba	angeyubamba	engeyubamba
Class 7	siyobamba	esiyobamba	siyobamba	asiyubamba	esingeyubamba	singeyubamba
Class 8	ziyobamba	eziyobamba	ziyobamba	aziyubamba	ezingeyubamba	zingeyubamba
Class 9	iyobamba	eyobamba	iyobamba	ayiyubamba	engeyubamba	ingeyubamba
Class 10	ziyobamba	eziyobamba	ziyobamba	aziyubamba	ezingeyubamba	zingeyubamba
Class 11	luyobamba	oluyobamba	luyobamba	aluyubamba	olungeyubamba	lungeyubamba
Class 14	buyobamba	obuyobamba	buyobamba	abuyubamba	obungeyubamba	bungeyubamba
Class 15	kuyobamba	okuyobamba	kuyobamba	akuyubamba	okungeyubamba	kungeyubamba
Class 17	kuyobamba	okuyobamba	kuyobamba	akuyubamba	okungeyubamba	kungeyubamba
	Present subjunctive
	Positive	Negative
1st singular	ngibambe	ngingabambi
2nd singular	ubambe	ungabambi
1st plural	sibambe	singabambi
2nd plural	nibambe	ningabambi
Class 1	abambe	angabambi
Class 2	babambe	bangabambi
Class 3	ubambe	ungabambi
Class 4	ibambe	ingabambi
Class 5	libambe	lingabambi
Class 6	abambe	angabambi
Class 7	sibambe	singabambi
Class 8	zibambe	zingabambi
Class 9	ibambe	ingabambi
Class 10	zibambe	zingabambi
Class 11	lubambe	lungabambi
Class 14	bubambe	bungabambi
Class 15	kubambe	kungabambi
Class 17	kubambe	kungabambi
	Past subjunctive
	Positive	Negative
1st singular	ngabamba	ngangabamba, angabamba, angangabamba
2nd singular	wabamba	wangabamba, awabamba, awangabamba
1st plural	sabamba	sangabamba, asabamba, asangabamba
2nd plural	nabamba	nangabamba, anabamba, anangabamba
Class 1	wabamba	wangabamba, akabamba, akangabamba
Class 2	babamba	bangabamba, ababamba, abangabamba
Class 3	wabamba	wangabamba, awabamba, awangabamba
Class 4	yabamba	yangabamba, ayabamba, ayangabamba
Class 5	labamba	langabamba, alabamba, alangabamba
Class 6	abamba	angabamba, awabamba, awangabamba
Class 7	sabamba	sangabamba, asabamba, asangabamba
Class 8	zabamba	zangabamba, azabamba, azangabamba
Class 9	yabamba	yangabamba, ayabamba, ayangabamba
Class 10	zabamba	zangabamba, azabamba, azangabamba
Class 11	lwabamba	lwangabamba, alwabamba, alwangabamba
Class 14	babamba	bangabamba, ababamba, abangabamba
Class 15	kwabamba	kwangabamba, akwabamba, akwangabamba
Class 17	kwabamba	kwangabamba, akwabamba, akwangabamba

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “ɓamba”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “ɓamba (6.3)”