gumba

English

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

Noun

gumba (plural gumbas)

1. (US, slang) Alternative form of goombah

Etymology 2

Noun

gumba (countable and uncountable, plural gumbas)

1. Alternative form of goombay

Anagrams

• mbuga

Lindu

Noun

gumba

1. large water jar

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀕𑀼𑀫𑁆𑀩 (Brahmi script)
• गुम्ब (Devanagari script)
• গুম্ব (Bengali script)
• ගුම‍්බ (Sinhalese script)
• ဂုမ္ဗ or ၷုမ္ၿ or ၷုမ်ၿ (Burmese script)
• คุมฺพ or คุมพะ (Thai script)
• ᨣᩩᨾᩛ (Tai Tham script)
• ຄຸມ຺ພ or ຄຸມພະ (Lao script)
• គុម្ព (Khmer script)
• 𑄉𑄪𑄟𑄴𑄝 (Chakma script)

Noun

gumba m

1. a bush, a thicket
2. a troop or swarm

Declension

Declension table of "gumba" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	gumbo	gumbā
Accusative (second)	gumbaṃ	gumbe
Instrumental (third)	gumbena	gumbehi or gumbebhi
Dative (fourth)	gumbassa or gumbāya or gumbatthaṃ	gumbānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	gumbasmā or gumbamhā or gumbā	gumbehi or gumbebhi
Genitive (sixth)	gumbassa	gumbānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	gumbasmiṃ or gumbamhi or gumbe	gumbesu
Vocative (calling)	gumba	gumbā

References

Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “gumba”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

Sicilian

Etymology

Sicilian-american adaptation of cumpari

Noun

gumba m

1. friend
2. godfather

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Noun

gumba (n class, plural gumba)

1. thumb

   Synonym: kidole gumba

Adjective

-gumba (declinable)

1. sterile, infertile, barren

Inflection

Inflected forms of -gumba

Noun class	singular	plural
m-wa class(I/II)	mgumba	wagumba
m-mi class(III/IV)	mgumba	migumba
ji-ma class(V/VI)	gumba	magumba
ki-vi class(VII/VIII)	kigumba	vigumba
n class(IX/X)	ngumba	ngumba
u class(XI)	mgumba	see n(X) or ma(VI) class
pa class(XVI)	pagumba
ku class(XVII)	kugumba
mu class(XVIII)	mugumba

Derived terms

• mgumba (“sterile person, childless person”)
• ugumba (“sterility, infertility; childlessness”)

Venda

Noun

gumba

1. egg