namba

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English

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Noun

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namba (plural nambas)

  1. A penis sheath worn by tribesmen in parts of the Pacific.

Anagrams

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Kikuyu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English number.[1]

Pronunciation

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As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 4 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩng'ang'i, ngũkũ, kĩeha, and so on.
  • (Kiambu)

Noun

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namba class 9/10 (plural namba)

  1. number

References

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  1. ^ “namba” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 278. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  2. ^ Yukawa, Yasutoshi (1981). "A Tentative Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns: A Study of Limuru Dialect." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 22, 75–123.

Nupe

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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nàm̀bà (plural nàm̀bàzhì)

  1. bag (in particular) one made of leather
    Synonym: gánfánka

Swahili

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Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

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namba (n class, plural namba)

  1. Alternative form of nambari

Tok Pisin

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Etymology

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From English number.

Noun

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namba

  1. number

Particle

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namba

  1. Used to make a cardinal number into an ordinal number

Usage notes

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  • When converted to the ordinal form, namba comes after the noun and is followed by the number.

Derived terms

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