lamba

Alternative forms

• lamber (obsolete)

Etymology

From Malagasy (Highlands dialect).

Noun

lamba (plural lambas or lamba)

1. The traditional garment worn by men and women in Madagascar, consisting of a rectangular length of cloth wrapped around the body.
   • 1743, Robert Drury, The Pleasant, and Surprizing Adventures of Mr. Robert Drury, during his Fifteen Years Captivity on the Island of Madagascar‎, London, page 135:

     […] the Lances flew briskly at one another; one of which went thorow my Lamber, and scratch’d me […]

   • 1870, James Sibree, chapter 17, in Madagascar and its People‎, London: The Religious Tract Society, page 520:

     I was, from the first, surprised by the reverent manner in which public worship is conducted—especially by the outward respect shown during prayer. Almost everyone has his face covered with the folds of the lamba, and even young children seem instinctively to know that prayer is a solemn act, and often lie at full length on the ground perfectly still, with their little heads covered by their dress.

   • 2017, Colleen J. McElroy, chapter 5, in Over the Lip of the World: Among the Storytellers of Madagascar‎, Seattle: University of Washington Press, page 99:

     Wind stirred the grass, leaving streaks of gold-green light, and the patterns of lambas on women coming home from the market took on the vividness of a Degas painting.

Anagrams

• ambal

Alternative forms

• lambang

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: lam‧ba
• IPA^(key): /lamˈba/ [l̪amˈba]

Determiner

lambá

1. each, every

   Synonym: kada

Noun

lamba

1. genitive singular of lammas

Verb

lamba

1. inflection of lamber:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Romanization

lamba

1. Romanization of 𐌻𐌰𐌼𐌱𐌰

Etymology

Borrowed from English number.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lám.bàː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [lám.bàː]

Noun

lambā̀ f (plural lambōbī, possessed form lambàr̃)

1. sign, distinguishing mark, trademark
2. registration number
3. vaccination
4. scratch on enamel bowl/plate

Noun

lamba

1. indefinite genitive plural of lamb

Verb

lamba

1. to cook

Verb

lamba

1. to cook

Noun

lamba n

1. (non-standard since 1938) definite plural of lamb

Verb

lamba (present tense lambar, past tense lamba, past participle lamba, passive infinitive lambast, present participle lambande, imperative lamba/lamb)

1. (pre-1938) alternative form of lamme

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃bɐ

Verb

lamba

1. inflection of lamber:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Etymology

From Sanskrit लम्ब (lamba).

Adjective

lamba

1. long

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-dàmba.

Verb

-lamba

1. to become hungry

Verb

lamba

1. inflection of lamber:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Alternative forms

• -ramba

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu [Term?].

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Verb

-lamba (infinitive kulamba)

1. to lick

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-dàmba.

Verb

-lamba

1. (intransitive) to become hungry

Etymology 1

Etymology 2

Anagrams

• balam

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish lamba.

Noun

lamba f (Tifinagh spelling ⵍⴰⵎⴱⴰ, plural lambat)

1. lamp

   Synonyms: rqendir, tfawt

2. light bulb

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish لامبه (lamba), لامپه (lampa), from Ancient Greek λαμπάς (lampás, “lamp”), from Ancient Greek λάμπω (lámpō, “shine”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɫɑm.bɑ/

• Audio:

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Noun

lamba (definite accusative lambayı, plural lambalar)

1. lamp (oil device producing light)
2. light bulb

   Synonym: ampul

References

• “lamba”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-dàmba.

Verb

-lamba

1. (intransitive) to become hungry

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-dàmba.

Verb

-lamba

1. (intransitive) to become hungry

References

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