ambia

See also: ambìa

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈam.bja/
• Rhymes: -ambja
• Hyphenation: àm‧bia

Verb

ambia

1. inflection of ambiare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• bamia

Swahili

Etymology

From amb (“say”) +‎ -ia (“benefactive”).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

  (file)

Verb

-ambia (no plain infinitive)

1. to tell

   Nitakuambia. ― I will tell you.

   Mniambieni! ― Please tell me!

Conjugation

Conjugation of -ambia (obligatory object concord)
Subjunctive -ambie Negative -ambii
Object concord
Indicative positive Singular Plural 1st person -niambia -tuambia 2nd person -kuambia -waambia/-kuambieni/-waambieni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mwambia -waambia other classes — Reflexive -jiambia Subjunctive Singular Plural 1st person -niambie -tuambie 2nd person -kuambie -waambie 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mwambie -waambie other classes — Reflexive -jiambie Indicative negative Singular Plural 1st person -niambii -tuambii 2nd person -kuambii -waambii 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mwambii -waambii other classes — Reflexive -jiambii
Relative forms general positive (positive subject concord + object concord + -ambia- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -ambiaye -ambiao m-mi(III/IV) -ambiao -ambiayo ji-ma(V/VI) -ambialo -ambiayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -ambiacho -ambiavyo n(IX/X) -ambiayo -ambiazo u(XI) -ambiao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -ambiako pa(XVI) -ambiapo mu(XVIII) -ambiamo
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Passive: -ambiwa
  • Reciprocal: -ambizana
  • Stative: -ambilika