imba

See also: imbá

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪmbə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Adjective

imba (comparative more imba, superlative most imba)

1. (video games, slang) Clipping of imbalanced.
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:imba.

Descendants

• → Russian: имба́ (imbá)

See also

• UP (“underpowered”), OP (“overpowered”)
• nerf

Anagrams

• ambi-, bami, bima, iamb

Bemba

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-jɪ́mba (“to sing”).

Verb

-imba

1. to sing
2. to dig

References

• Reverend E. Hoch (1998), Bemba - English/English - Bemba‎, Hippocrene Books, page 36

Chichewa

Alternative forms

• yimba

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-jɪ́mba. Cognate with Yao -jimba.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈi.ᵐba/

Verb

-imba (infinitive kuímba)

1. to sing

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative: -imbira
  • Causative: -imbitsa
  • Negative: -saimba
  • Passive: -imbidwa
  • Reduplicative: -imbaimba
  • Repetitive: -imbanso
  • Stative: -imbika

• Nominal derivations:
  • nyimbo (“song”)

See also

• -vwawula (“to sing badly”)
• -dedereza (“to sing melodiously”)

Ikizu

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-jɪ́mba.

Verb

-imba

1. to sing

Derived terms

• umwimbi (“singer”)

References

• Walker, John B. (2017), Ikizu-Sizaki - Swahili - English Dictionary.‎, SIL International

Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Javanese himba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /im.ba/
• Hyphenation: im‧ba

Noun

ꦲꦶꦩ꧀ꦧ (imba) (ngoko alis, krama imba)

1. Krama inggil of ꦲꦭꦶꦱ꧀ (alis, “eyebrow”).
2. brow

Further reading

• The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2011), “imba”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), 2nd edition, Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN

Kabwa

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-jɪ́mba.

Verb

-imba (infinitive okwimba)

1. to sing

References

• Philipo, Nyamisana Hamis; Walker, John B. (2016), "Kabwa - Swahili - English Dictionary."‎, SIL International

Kwanyama

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-jɪ́mba (“to sing”).

Verb

imba (infinitive okwiimba)

1. (ambitransitive) to sing

References

• G.W.R. Tobias, M.C., M.A; B.H.C. Turvey, M.A. (1965), English-Kwanyama Dictionary‎, Witwatersrand University Press Johannesburg, page 163
• Thera Crane, Karl Lindgren-Streicher, Andy Wingo, Hai ti! A Beginner's Guide to Oshikwanyama (2004), pages 18 & 27

Shona

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mbá.

Noun

imbá class 9 (plural dzimbá class 10)

1. house

Swahili

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-jɪ́mba. Cognate with Chichewa -imba, Tumbuka -imba and Yao -jimba.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Verb

-imba (infinitive kuimba)

1. to sing

Conjugation

Conjugation of -imba
Positive present -naimba Subjunctive -imbe Negative -imbi Imperative singular imba
Infinitives
Positive kuimba Negative kutoimba
Imperatives
Singular imba Plural imbeni
Tensed forms
Habitual huimba Positive past positive subject concord + -liimba Negative past negative subject concord + -kuimba
Positive present (positive subject concord + -naimba) Singular Plural 1st person ninaimba/naimba tunaimba 2nd person unaimba mnaimba 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anaimba wanaimba other classes positive subject concord + -naimba
Negative present (negative subject concord + -imbi) Singular Plural 1st person siimbi hatuimbi 2nd person huimbi hamwimbi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) haimbi hawaimbi other classes negative subject concord + -imbi
Positive future positive subject concord + -taimba Negative future negative subject concord + -taimba
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -imbe) Singular Plural 1st person niimbe tuimbe 2nd person uimbe mwimbe 3rd person m-wa(I/II) aimbe waimbe other classes positive subject concord + -imbe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -siimbe Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngeimba Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singeimba Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngaliimba Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singaliimba
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -aimba) Singular Plural 1st person naimba twaimba 2nd person waimba mwaimba 3rd person m-wa(I/II) aimba waimba m-mi(III/IV) waimba yaimba ji-ma(V/VI) laimba yaimba ki-vi(VII/VIII) chaimba vyaimba n(IX/X) yaimba zaimba u(XI) waimba see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwaimba pa(XVI) paimba mu(XVIII) mwaimba
Perfect positive subject concord + -meimba "Already" positive subject concord + -meshaimba "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jaimba "If/When" positive subject concord + -kiimba "If not" positive subject concord + -sipoimba Consecutive kaimba / positive subject concord + -kaimba Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kaimbe
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -niimba -tuimba 2nd person -kuimba -waimba/-kuimbeni/-waimbeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mwimba -waimba m-mi(III/IV) -uimba -iimba ji-ma(V/VI) -liimba -yaimba ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kiimba -viimba n(IX/X) -iimba -ziimba u(XI) -uimba see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuimba pa(XVI) -paimba mu(XVIII) -muimba Reflexive -jiimba
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -imba- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -imbaye -imbao m-mi(III/IV) -imbao -imbayo ji-ma(V/VI) -imbalo -imbayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -imbacho -imbavyo n(IX/X) -imbayo -imbazo u(XI) -imbao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -imbako pa(XVI) -imbapo mu(XVIII) -imbamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -imba) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yeimba -oimba m-mi(III/IV) -oimba -yoimba ji-ma(V/VI) -loimba -yoimba ki-vi(VII/VIII) -choimba -vyoimba n(IX/X) -yoimba -zoimba u(XI) -oimba see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -koimba pa(XVI) -poimba mu(XVIII) -moimba
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

• Nominal derivations:
  • mwimbaji (“singer”)
  • uimbaji (“singing”)
  • wimbo (“song”)

Tumbuka

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-jɪ́mba. Cognate with Chichewa -imba, Yao -jimba and Swahili -imba.

Verb

-imba (infinitive kwimba)

1. to sing

Venda

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-jɪ́mba.

Verb

imba

1. to sing

Derived terms

• luimbo (“song”)
• muimbi (“singer”)