jamba

Franco-Provençal

Alternative forms

• zha̱nba (Bressan)

Noun

jamba (plural jambes) (ORB, broad)

1. alternative form of chamba (“leg”)

References

• jambe in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
• jamba in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

Galician

Noun

jamba f (plural jambas, reintegrationist norm)

1. reintegrationist spelling of xamba

Further reading

• “jamba”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2025

Gullah

Alternative forms

• jambuh

Etymology

From Umbundu ojamba. Compare Kongo nzamba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɟɑm.bʌ/, /d͡ʒɑm.bə/

Noun

jamba

1. (biology) elephant

References

• Lorenzo Dow Turner, Africanisms in the Gullah Dialect (1969)

Malagasy

Adjective

jamba

1. blind (unable to see)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxamba/ [ˈxãm.ba]
• Rhymes: -amba
• Syllabification: jam‧ba

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French jambe. Compare English jamb.

Noun

jamba f (plural jambas)

1. jamb

Etymology 2

Verb

jamba

1. only used in se jamba, third-person singular present indicative of jambarse
2. only used in te ... jamba, syntactic variant of jámbate, second-person singular imperative of jambarse

Further reading

• “jamba”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Noun

jamba class V (plural majamba class VI)

1. a fart

Verb

-jamba (infinitive kujamba)

1. to fart

   Synonyms: -shuta, -sura

Conjugation

Conjugation of -jamba
Positive present -najamba Subjunctive -jambe Negative -jambi Imperative singular jamba
Infinitives
Positive kujamba Negative kutojamba
Imperatives
Singular jamba Plural jambeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hujamba Positive past positive subject concord + -lijamba Negative past negative subject concord + -kujamba
Positive present (positive subject concord + -najamba) Singular Plural 1st person ninajamba/najamba tunajamba 2nd person unajamba mnajamba 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anajamba wanajamba other classes positive subject concord + -najamba
Negative present (negative subject concord + -jambi) Singular Plural 1st person sijambi hatujambi 2nd person hujambi hamjambi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hajambi hawajambi other classes negative subject concord + -jambi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tajamba Negative future negative subject concord + -tajamba
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -jambe) Singular Plural 1st person nijambe tujambe 2nd person ujambe mjambe 3rd person m-wa(I/II) ajambe wajambe other classes positive subject concord + -jambe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sijambe Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngejamba Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singejamba Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalijamba Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalijamba
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -ajamba) Singular Plural 1st person najamba twajamba 2nd person wajamba mwajamba 3rd person m-wa(I/II) ajamba wajamba m-mi(III/IV) wajamba yajamba ji-ma(V/VI) lajamba yajamba ki-vi(VII/VIII) chajamba vyajamba n(IX/X) yajamba zajamba u(XI) wajamba see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwajamba pa(XVI) pajamba mu(XVIII) mwajamba
Perfect positive subject concord + -mejamba "Already" positive subject concord + -meshajamba "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jajamba "If/When" positive subject concord + -kijamba "If not" positive subject concord + -sipojamba Consecutive kajamba / positive subject concord + -kajamba Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kajambe
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nijamba -tujamba 2nd person -kujamba -wajamba/-kujambeni/-wajambeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mjamba -wajamba m-mi(III/IV) -ujamba -ijamba ji-ma(V/VI) -lijamba -yajamba ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kijamba -vijamba n(IX/X) -ijamba -zijamba u(XI) -ujamba see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kujamba pa(XVI) -pajamba mu(XVIII) -mujamba Reflexive -jijamba
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -jamba- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -jambaye -jambao m-mi(III/IV) -jambao -jambayo ji-ma(V/VI) -jambalo -jambayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -jambacho -jambavyo n(IX/X) -jambayo -jambazo u(XI) -jambao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -jambako pa(XVI) -jambapo mu(XVIII) -jambamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -jamba) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yejamba -ojamba m-mi(III/IV) -ojamba -yojamba ji-ma(V/VI) -lojamba -yojamba ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chojamba -vyojamba n(IX/X) -yojamba -zojamba u(XI) -ojamba see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kojamba pa(XVI) -pojamba mu(XVIII) -mojamba
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Yoruba

Alternative forms

• ìjàm̀bá, jàǹbá, ìjàǹbá

Etymology

Said to come from a term of Arabic origin, possibly from Arabic ذَنْب (ḏanb)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒà.ŋ̀.bá/

Noun

jàm̀bá

1. an accident (that causes physical damage)
2. danger

   Synonyms: ewu, ìpọ́njú