keba

See also: kēba

Gonja

Etymology

Probably cognate with Gikyode giban, Chumburung ke̱baŋ, Nawuri kɩbanbantɛɛ, Nkonya bamba.

Noun

keba (plural aba)

  1. wing

Laboya

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkeːba]

Noun

keba

  1. raised platform used to sit on

References

  • Allahverdi Verdizade (2019) “keba”, in Lamboya word list[1], Leiden: LexiRumah

Maltese

Root
k-b-j
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic كَبَا (kabā).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɛ.ba/

Verb

keba (imperfect jikbi, past participle mikjub, active participle kiebi, verbal noun kibi)

  1. to languish

Conjugation

Conjugation of keba (Form I)
positive forms
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m kbejt kbejt keba kbejna kbejtu kbew
f kbiet
imperfect m nikbi tikbi jikbi nikbu tikbu jikbu
f tikbi
imperative ikbi ikbu

Old High German

Noun

këba (Alemannic)

  1. alternative form of gëba