amiba
Swahili
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Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]amiba class IX (plural amiba class X)
Tagalog
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Spanish ameba / amiba, ultimately from Ancient Greek ἀμοιβή (amoibḗ, “change”), referring to constantly changing shape of these organisms.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔaˈmiba/ [ʔɐˈmiː.bɐ]
- Rhymes: -iba
- Syllabification: a‧mi‧ba
Noun
[edit]amiba (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜋᜒᜊ) (biology)
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “amiba”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
- “amiba”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
- Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972), Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 29
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- Swahili terms derived from English
- Swahili terms borrowed from English
- Swahili terms with audio pronunciation
- Swahili lemmas
- Swahili nouns
- Swahili class IX nouns
- sw:Protists
- sw:Biology
- Tagalog terms borrowed from Spanish
- Tagalog terms derived from Spanish
- Tagalog terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Tagalog 3-syllable words
- Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Tagalog/iba
- Rhymes:Tagalog/iba/3 syllables
- Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation
- Tagalog lemmas
- Tagalog nouns
- Tagalog terms with Baybayin script
- tl:Biology
- tl:Protists