ambata

Corsican

Etymology

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Noun

ambata f (uncountable)

1. sea breeze
   • 1984, A Filetta (lyrics and music), “I pescadori è u mare”, in Cun tè:

     Ramentati le sponde // di la mio terra amata // di mille canti è gridi // a l’ora di l’ambata.

     Remember of the shores of my beloved land, of a thousand songs and cries in the hour of the sea breeze.

References

• “ambata” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

Italian

Noun

ambata f (plural ambate)

1. (in the Italian state lottery) a single number that can be coupled (in several winning ways) with any of the other 89 numbers

Usage notes

• See Lotto for details.

Kikuyu

Etymology

From kwamba (“to peg (out), to stretch out”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aᵐbata/

Verb

ambata (infinitive kwambata)

1. to come up, to go up, to ascend

Antonyms

• gũikũrũka

Derived terms

(Nouns)

• mwambato class 3

See also

• kũhaica

References

• Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu, p. 360. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).

Swahili

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu [Term?].

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

Verb

-ambata (infinitive kuambata)

1. to adhere; clasp, join, stick, cling; connect

Conjugation

Conjugation of -ambata
Positive present -naambata Subjunctive -ambate Negative -ambati Imperative singular ambata
Infinitives
Positive kuambata Negative kutoambata
Imperatives
Singular ambata Plural ambateni
Tensed forms
Habitual huambata Positive past positive subject concord + -liambata Negative past negative subject concord + -kuambata
Positive present (positive subject concord + -naambata) Singular Plural 1st person ninaambata/naambata tunaambata 2nd person unaambata mnaambata 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anaambata wanaambata other classes positive subject concord + -naambata
Negative present (negative subject concord + -ambati) Singular Plural 1st person siambati hatuambati 2nd person huambati hamwambati 3rd person m-wa(I/II) haambati hawaambati other classes negative subject concord + -ambati
Positive future positive subject concord + -taambata Negative future negative subject concord + -taambata
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -ambate) Singular Plural 1st person niambate tuambate 2nd person uambate mwambate 3rd person m-wa(I/II) aambate waambate other classes positive subject concord + -ambate
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -siambate Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngeambata Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singeambata Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngaliambata Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singaliambata
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -aambata) Singular Plural 1st person naambata twaambata 2nd person waambata mwaambata 3rd person m-wa(I/II) aambata waambata m-mi(III/IV) waambata yaambata ji-ma(V/VI) laambata yaambata ki-vi(VII/VIII) chaambata vyaambata n(IX/X) yaambata zaambata u(XI) waambata see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwaambata pa(XVI) paambata mu(XVIII) mwaambata
Perfect positive subject concord + -meambata "Already" positive subject concord + -meshaambata "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jaambata "If/When" positive subject concord + -kiambata "If not" positive subject concord + -sipoambata Consecutive kaambata / positive subject concord + -kaambata Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kaambate
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -niambata -tuambata 2nd person -kuambata -waambata/-kuambateni/-waambateni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mwambata -waambata m-mi(III/IV) -uambata -iambata ji-ma(V/VI) -liambata -yaambata ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kiambata -viambata n(IX/X) -iambata -ziambata u(XI) -uambata see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuambata pa(XVI) -paambata mu(XVIII) -muambata Reflexive -jiambata
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -ambata- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -ambataye -ambatao m-mi(III/IV) -ambatao -ambatayo ji-ma(V/VI) -ambatalo -ambatayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -ambatacho -ambatavyo n(IX/X) -ambatayo -ambatazo u(XI) -ambatao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -ambatako pa(XVI) -ambatapo mu(XVIII) -ambatamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -ambata) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yeambata -oambata m-mi(III/IV) -oambata -yoambata ji-ma(V/VI) -loambata -yoambata ki-vi(VII/VIII) -choambata -vyoambata n(IX/X) -yoambata -zoambata u(XI) -oambata see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -koambata pa(XVI) -poambata mu(XVIII) -moambata
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Causative: -ambatisha
  • Reciprocal: -ambatana