iba

See also: IBA, ība, and -ība

Cebuano

Noun

iba

1. the cucumber tree (Averrhoa bilimbi); a fruit-bearing tree of the genus Averrhoa of the family Oxalidaceae
2. the fruit of this tree

Usage notes

Often confused with ambi.

Anagrams

• abi

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Gothic

Romanization

iba

1. Romanization of 𐌹𐌱𐌰

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay iba (“pity”), probably from Pali ibbha (“menial”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.ba/
• Hyphenation: i‧ba

Adjective

iba

1. pity

Derived terms

• beriba-iba
• keibaan
• mengibai
• mengibakan
• pengiba

 

Further reading

• “iba” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

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Jamamadí

Verb

iba

1. (Banawá) to put, place

References

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

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Maia

Noun

iba

1. digging stick

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Nzadi

Noun

ibá (plural abá)

1. oil palm tree

Related terms

• mbá (“palm nut”)

Further reading

• Crane, Thera, Larry Hyman, Simon Nsielanga Tukumu (2011) A grammar of Nzadi [B.865]: a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, →ISBN

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Reyesano

Noun

iba

1. jaguar (animal)

Further reading

• Antoine Guillaume, Hierarchical Agreement and Split Intransitivity in Reyesano (2009)

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Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈiba/

Conjunction

iba

1. only

Further reading

• “iba”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈiba/ [ˈi.β̞a]
• Homophone: IVA

Verb

iba

1. First-person singular (yo) imperfect indicative form of ir.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperfect indicative form of ir.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) imperfect indicative form of ir.

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Swahili

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-jíba.

Verb

-iba (infinitive kuiba)

1. to steal
2. to plagiarize

Usage notes

In some dialects, this verb may conjugate like a monosyllabic verb; see Appendix:Swahili verbs for those conjugated forms.

Conjugation

Conjugation of -iba
Positive present -naiba Subjunctive -ibe Negative -ibi Imperative singular iba
Infinitives
Positive kuiba Negative kutoiba
Imperatives
Singular iba Plural ibeni
Tensed forms
Habitual huiba Positive past positive subject concord + -liiba Negative past negative subject concord + -kuiba
Positive present (positive subject concord + -naiba) Singular Plural 1st person ninaiba/naiba tunaiba 2nd person unaiba mnaiba 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anaiba wanaiba other classes positive subject concord + -naiba
Negative present (negative subject concord + -ibi) Singular Plural 1st person siibi hatuibi 2nd person huibi hamwibi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) haibi hawaibi other classes negative subject concord + -ibi
Positive future positive subject concord + -taiba Negative future negative subject concord + -taiba
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -ibe) Singular Plural 1st person niibe tuibe 2nd person uibe mwibe 3rd person m-wa(I/II) aibe waibe other classes positive subject concord + -ibe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -siibe Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngeiba Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singeiba Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngaliiba Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singaliiba
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -aiba) Singular Plural 1st person naiba twaiba 2nd person waiba mwaiba 3rd person m-wa(I/II) aiba waiba m-mi(III/IV) waiba yaiba ji-ma(V/VI) laiba yaiba ki-vi(VII/VIII) chaiba vyaiba n(IX/X) yaiba zaiba u(XI) waiba see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwaiba pa(XVI) paiba mu(XVIII) mwaiba
Perfect positive subject concord + -meiba "Already" positive subject concord + -meshaiba "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jaiba "If/When" positive subject concord + -kiiba "If not" positive subject concord + -sipoiba Consecutive kaiba / positive subject concord + -kaiba Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kaibe
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -niiba -tuiba 2nd person -kuiba -waiba/-kuibeni/-waibeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mwiba -waiba m-mi(III/IV) -uiba -iiba ji-ma(V/VI) -liiba -yaiba ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kiiba -viiba n(IX/X) -iiba -ziiba u(XI) -uiba see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuiba pa(XVI) -paiba mu(XVIII) -muiba Reflexive -jiiba
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -iba- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -ibaye -ibao m-mi(III/IV) -ibao -ibayo ji-ma(V/VI) -ibalo -ibayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -ibacho -ibavyo n(IX/X) -ibayo -ibazo u(XI) -ibao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -ibako pa(XVI) -ibapo mu(XVIII) -ibamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -iba) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yeiba -oiba m-mi(III/IV) -oiba -yoiba ji-ma(V/VI) -loiba -yoiba ki-vi(VII/VIII) -choiba -vyoiba n(IX/X) -yoiba -zoiba u(XI) -oiba see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -koiba pa(XVI) -poiba mu(XVIII) -moiba
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:
  • Applicative: -ibia (“to steal from”)

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Tagalog

Adjective

ibá

1. other, another
2. different