ramba

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrampa/

  Rhymes: -ampa

Verb

ramba (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative rambaði, supine rambað)

1. to rock, to sway
2. to sway, to stagger, to waddle

Conjugation

ramba — active voice (germynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að ramba
supine (sagnbót)		rambað
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		rambandi
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég ramba	við römbum	present (nútíð)	ég rambi	við römbum
	þú rambar	þið rambið		þú rambir	þið rambið
	hann, hún, það rambar	þeir, þær, þau ramba		hann, hún, það rambi	þeir, þær, þau rambi
past (þátíð)	ég rambaði	við römbuðum	past (þátíð)	ég rambaði	við römbuðum
	þú rambaðir	þið römbuðuð		þú rambaðir	þið römbuðuð
	hann, hún, það rambaði	þeir, þær, þau römbuðu		hann, hún, það rambaði	þeir, þær, þau römbuðu
imperative (boðháttur)	ramba (þú)	rambið (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	rambaðu	rambiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

Synonyms

• (rock, sway): rugga, vagga
• (sway, stagger): slangra, slaga

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Verb

-ramba (infinitive kuramba)

1. Alternative form of lamba (“to lick”)

Conjugation

Conjugation of -ramba
Positive present -naramba Subjunctive -rambe Negative -rambi Imperative singular ramba
Infinitives
Positive kuramba Negative kutoramba
Imperatives
Singular ramba Plural rambeni
Tensed forms
Habitual huramba Positive past positive subject concord + -liramba Negative past negative subject concord + -kuramba
Positive present (positive subject concord + -naramba) Singular Plural 1st person ninaramba/naramba tunaramba 2nd person unaramba mnaramba 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anaramba wanaramba other classes positive subject concord + -naramba
Negative present (negative subject concord + -rambi) Singular Plural 1st person sirambi haturambi 2nd person hurambi hamrambi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) harambi hawarambi other classes negative subject concord + -rambi
Positive future positive subject concord + -taramba Negative future negative subject concord + -taramba
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -rambe) Singular Plural 1st person nirambe turambe 2nd person urambe mrambe 3rd person m-wa(I/II) arambe warambe other classes positive subject concord + -rambe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sirambe Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngeramba Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singeramba Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngaliramba Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singaliramba
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -aramba) Singular Plural 1st person naramba twaramba 2nd person waramba mwaramba 3rd person m-wa(I/II) aramba waramba m-mi(III/IV) waramba yaramba ji-ma(V/VI) laramba yaramba ki-vi(VII/VIII) charamba vyaramba n(IX/X) yaramba zaramba u(XI) waramba see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwaramba pa(XVI) paramba mu(XVIII) mwaramba
Perfect positive subject concord + -meramba "Already" positive subject concord + -mesharamba "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jaramba "If/When" positive subject concord + -kiramba "If not" positive subject concord + -siporamba Consecutive karamba / positive subject concord + -karamba Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -karambe
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -niramba -turamba 2nd person -kuramba -waramba/-kurambeni/-warambeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mramba -waramba m-mi(III/IV) -uramba -iramba ji-ma(V/VI) -liramba -yaramba ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kiramba -viramba n(IX/X) -iramba -ziramba u(XI) -uramba see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuramba pa(XVI) -paramba mu(XVIII) -muramba Reflexive -jiramba
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -ramba- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -rambaye -rambao m-mi(III/IV) -rambao -rambayo ji-ma(V/VI) -rambalo -rambayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -rambacho -rambavyo n(IX/X) -rambayo -rambazo u(XI) -rambao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -rambako pa(XVI) -rambapo mu(XVIII) -rambamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -ramba) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yeramba -oramba m-mi(III/IV) -oramba -yoramba ji-ma(V/VI) -loramba -yoramba ki-vi(VII/VIII) -choramba -vyoramba n(IX/X) -yoramba -zoramba u(XI) -oramba see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -koramba pa(XVI) -poramba mu(XVIII) -moramba
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:
  • Causative: -rambisha
  • Passive: -rambwa
  • Reciprocal: -rambana