zombia

Esperanto

Etymology

From zombio (“a zombie”) +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [zomˈbia]
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• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: zom‧bi‧a

Adjective

zombia (accusative singular zombian, plural zombiaj, accusative plural zombiajn)

1. zombic
   • 2014 March, Jorge Camacho, “Motivoj por ne kabei”, in Beletra Almanako, page 75:

     Simile ni povus diri ke, jes ja, Esperanto zombias, sed ke ankaŭ 90% de ĉio niamonda montriĝas kompareble zombia, aŭ eĉ pli!

     Similarly we could say that, yes indeed, Esperanto is zombic, but also that 90% of everything in our world is comparably zombic, or even more!

Related terms

• zombie (“zombically”)

Slovak

Etymology

Ultimately, from a Bantu language.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzɔmbia/

Noun

zombia f (genitive singular zombie, nominative plural zombie, genitive plural zombií, declension pattern of ulica)

1. zombie

   Synonyms: zombi m, zombie m

Declension

Declension of zombia

	singular	plural
nominative	zombia	zombie
genitive	zombie	zombií
dative	zombii	zombiám
accusative	zombiu	zombie
locative	zombii	zombiách
instrumental	zombiou	zombiami

References

• “zombia”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024