jambi
See also: Jambi
Finnish
Etymology
Ultimately from Ancient Greek ἴαμβος (íambos).
Pronunciation
Noun
jambi
Declension
Inflection of jambi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | jambi | jambit | |
genitive | jambin | jambien | |
partitive | jambia | jambeja | |
illative | jambiin | jambeihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | jambi | jambit | |
accusative | nom. | jambi | jambit |
gen. | jambin | ||
genitive | jambin | jambien | |
partitive | jambia | jambeja | |
inessive | jambissa | jambeissa | |
elative | jambista | jambeista | |
illative | jambiin | jambeihin | |
adessive | jambilla | jambeilla | |
ablative | jambilta | jambeilta | |
allative | jambille | jambeille | |
essive | jambina | jambeina | |
translative | jambiksi | jambeiksi | |
abessive | jambitta | jambeitta | |
instructive | — | jambein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Maltese
Etymology
In all likelihood from a contraction of jagħmel bi, from the imperfect tense of Arabic عَمِلَ بِ (ʕamila bi, “to do with”), as in “What are you going to do with that?” Similar contractions compare in jaf (“to know”) and ġab (“to bring”). Another theory derives it from Arabic أَبَّ (ʔabba, “to wish, desire”), but this is less likely both phonetically and semantically.
Pronunciation
Verb
jambi (imperfect only)
- (in certain constructions, always with x’) to need, to use for some purpose
- Synonym: għandu bżonn
- Dan il-ktieb x’jambuh?
- What do they need this book for?
- M’għandix x’nambi iktar.
- There’s nothing else I need.
Conjugation
- The verb is defective and has no perfect forms. The perfect tense can be expressed with kien + imperfect, though this is rare.
Conjugation of jambi | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
perfect | m | kont nambi | kont tambi | kien jambi | konna nambu | kontu tambu | kienu jambu | |
f | kienet tambi | |||||||
imperfect | m | nambi | tambi | jambi | nambu | tambu | jambu | |
f | tambi | |||||||
imperative | — | — |
Related terms
Categories:
- Finnish terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑmbi
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑmbi/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- fi:Poetry
- Finnish risti-type nominals
- Maltese terms inherited from Arabic
- Maltese terms derived from Arabic
- Maltese 2-syllable words
- Maltese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Maltese lemmas
- Maltese verbs
- Maltese terms with usage examples