embeba

Portuguese

Verb

embeba

1. inflection of embeber:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Verb

embeba

1. inflection of embeber:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Tooro

embeba

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mbèbà.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /embéβa/
• Rhymes: -éβa
• Hyphenation: e‧mbe‧ba

Noun

embeba class 9 (plural embeba class 10, augmentless mbeba, plural augmentless mbeba)

1. rat (Rattus)

Derived terms

• embeba y'omukono (“biceps”)

References

• Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary‎^[1], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 33
• Rubongoya, L. T. (2013) Katondogorozi y'Orunyoro-Rutooro n'Orungereza [Runyoro–Rutooro-English and English-Runyoro–Rutooro dictionary]‎^[2], Kampala: Modrug Publishers, →ISBN, page 229
• Entry 117 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3