namba
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
namba (plural nambas)
Anagrams[edit]
Kikuyu[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from English number.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 4 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩng'ang'i, ngũkũ, kĩeha, and so on.
- (Kiambu)
Noun[edit]
namba class 9/10 (plural namba)
References[edit]
- ^ “namba” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 278. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- ^ Yukawa, Yasutoshi (1981). "A Tentative Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns: A Study of Limuru Dialect." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 22, 75–123.
Nupe[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
nàm̀bà (plural nàm̀bàzhì)
Swahili[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Noun[edit]
namba (n class, plural namba)
- Alternative form of nambari
Tok Pisin[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
namba
Particle[edit]
namba
- Used to make a cardinal number into an ordinal number
Usage notes[edit]
When converted to the ordinal form, namba comes after the noun and is followed by the number.
Derived terms[edit]
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