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 [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

• 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

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈbamba/, [ˈbam.ba]

bamba

1. (slang) girl
   • (Can we date this quote?), “Halawa”, performed by Dynamq, River Nile Entertainment:

     ana ma deru bamba tani

     I don't want another girl

2. (slang) girlfriend

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 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

• 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

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