beba

Galician

Verb

beba

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

Portuguese

Verb

beba

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

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /běːba/
• Hyphenation: be‧ba

Noun

béba f (Cyrillic spelling бе́ба)

1. baby

Declension

Declension of beba

	singular	plural
nominative	beba	bebe
genitive	bebe	beba
dative	bebi	bebama
accusative	bebu	bebe
vocative	bebo	bebe
locative	bebi	bebama
instrumental	bebom	bebama

References

• “beba” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbeba/ [ˈbe.β̞a]
• Rhymes: -eba
• Syllabification: be‧ba

Etymology 1

Noun

beba f (plural bebas)

1. female equivalent of bebo

Etymology 2

Verb

beba

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

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

  (file)

Verb

-beba (infinitive kubeba)

1. to transport, carry
2. (Congolese Swahili, Maniema, Lubumbashi) to take

Conjugation

Conjugation of -beba
Positive present -nabeba Subjunctive -bebe Negative -bebi Imperative singular beba
Infinitives
Positive kubeba Negative kutobeba
Imperatives
Singular beba Plural bebeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hubeba Positive past positive subject concord + -libeba Negative past negative subject concord + -kubeba
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nabeba) Singular Plural 1st person ninabeba/nabeba tunabeba 2nd person unabeba mnabeba 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anabeba wanabeba other classes positive subject concord + -nabeba
Negative present (negative subject concord + -bebi) Singular Plural 1st person sibebi hatubebi 2nd person hubebi hambebi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) habebi hawabebi other classes negative subject concord + -bebi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tabeba Negative future negative subject concord + -tabeba
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -bebe) Singular Plural 1st person nibebe tubebe 2nd person ubebe mbebe 3rd person m-wa(I/II) abebe wabebe other classes positive subject concord + -bebe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sibebe Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngebeba Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singebeba Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalibeba Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalibeba
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -abeba) Singular Plural 1st person nabeba twabeba 2nd person wabeba mwabeba 3rd person m-wa(I/II) abeba wabeba m-mi(III/IV) wabeba yabeba ji-ma(V/VI) labeba yabeba ki-vi(VII/VIII) chabeba vyabeba n(IX/X) yabeba zabeba u(XI) wabeba see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwabeba pa(XVI) pabeba mu(XVIII) mwabeba
Perfect positive subject concord + -mebeba "Already" positive subject concord + -meshabeba "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jabeba "If/When" positive subject concord + -kibeba "If not" positive subject concord + -sipobeba Consecutive kabeba / positive subject concord + -kabeba Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kabebe
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nibeba -tubeba 2nd person -kubeba -wabeba/-kubebeni/-wabebeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mbeba -wabeba m-mi(III/IV) -ubeba -ibeba ji-ma(V/VI) -libeba -yabeba ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kibeba -vibeba n(IX/X) -ibeba -zibeba u(XI) -ubeba see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kubeba pa(XVI) -pabeba mu(XVIII) -mubeba Reflexive -jibeba
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -beba- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -bebaye -bebao m-mi(III/IV) -bebao -bebayo ji-ma(V/VI) -bebalo -bebayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -bebacho -bebavyo n(IX/X) -bebayo -bebazo u(XI) -bebao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -bebako pa(XVI) -bebapo mu(XVIII) -bebamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -beba) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yebeba -obeba m-mi(III/IV) -obeba -yobeba ji-ma(V/VI) -lobeba -yobeba ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chobeba -vyobeba n(IX/X) -yobeba -zobeba u(XI) -obeba see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kobeba pa(XVI) -pobeba mu(XVIII) -mobeba
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:
  • Passive: -bebwa (“to be carried”)
  • Reciprocal: -bebana (“to carry for each other”)

Venda

Verb

beba

1. to bear

Yoruba

Bébà

Alternative forms

• pépà

Etymology

Borrowed from English paper.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bé.bà/

Noun

bébà

1. paper

   Synonyms: ìwé, tákàdá