keba

See also: kēba

Gonja

Etymology

Probably cognate with Gikyode giban, Chumburung ke̱baŋ, Nawuri kɩbanbantɛɛ, Nkonya bamba.

Noun

keba (plural aba)

1. wing

Kituba

Verb

keba

1. to take care

Kongo

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-kéb.

Verb

keba

1. to take care

Laboya

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkeːba]

Noun

keba

1. raised platform used to sit on

References

• Allahverdi Verdizade (2019), “keba”, in Lamboya word list‎, Leiden: LexiRumah

Lingala

Etymology

Borrowed from Kongo keba.

Verb

-keba (infinitive kokeba)

1. to take care

Maltese

Root
k-b-j
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic كَبَا (kabā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɛ.ba/
• Rhymes: -ɛba

Verb

keba (imperfect jikbi, past participle mikjub, active participle kiebi, verbal noun kibi)

1. to languish

Conjugation

Conjugation of keba (Form I)

positive forms
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	kbejt	kbejt	keba	kbejna	kbejtu	kbew
	f			kbiet
imperfect	m	nikbi	tikbi	jikbi	nikbu	tikbu	jikbu
	f			tikbi
imperative			ikbi			ikbu

Old High German

Noun

këba (Alemannic)

1. alternative form of gëba