memba

English

Alternative forms

• member, 'member

Verb

memba (third-person singular simple present membas, present participle membaing, simple past and past participle memba'd)

1. (slang) Clipping of remember.

   Memba me?

   • 2002, Kimberly Ann Sawyer, quotee, “Seniors”, in United We Stand [North Reading High School Yearbook], North Reading, Mass.: North Reading High School, page 45:

     Danielle~ Memba the crazy BS we’ve done

Belizean Creole

Etymology 1

Verb

memba

1. remember

Etymology 2

Noun

memba

1. member

References

• Crosbie, Paul, ed. (2007), Kriol-Inglish Dikshineri: English-Kriol Dictionary. Belize City: Belize Kriol Project, p. 228.

Jamaican Creole

Etymology

Derived from English remember. Compare Belizean Creole memba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmemba/

Verb

memba

1. to remember
   • 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Iibruu 13:3:

     Unu fi memba di piipl dem we iina prizn, laik se unu iin de wid dem. An memba di piipl dem we a sofa tu, laik se a unu a sofa an a fiil di pien we dem a fiil

     Continue to remember those in prison as if you were together with them in prison, and [remember] those who are mistreated as if you yourselves were suffering

Further reading

• memba at JamaicanPatwah.com

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English member.

Noun

memba

1. member

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish منبع (memba, menba), from Arabic مَنْبَع (manbaʕ, “spring, source”).

Noun

memba (definite accusative membaı, plural membalar)

1. spring (water source)

   Synonyms: bulak, kaynak, pınar

2. source

Further reading

• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “memba”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN

Yoke

Noun

memba

1. water

Synonyms

• diri

References

• Cornelis L. Voorhoeve, Languages of Irian Jaya Checklist (1975, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics), page 122