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omba (definite accusative ombanı, plural ombalar)
- thigh, hip
- Synonym: bud
Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-dómba.
-omba (infinitive kuomba)
- to ask for, to make a request
- to beg for
- to pray for
| Conjugation of -omba
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| Positive present
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-naomba
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| Subjunctive
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-ombe
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| Negative
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-ombi
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| Imperative singular
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omba
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| Infinitives
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| Imperatives
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| Tensed forms
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| Habitual
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huomba
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| Positive past
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positive subject concord + -liomba
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| Negative past
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negative subject concord + -kuomba
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| Positive present (positive subject concord + -naomba)
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Singular
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Plural
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| 1st person
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ninaomba/naomba
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tunaomba
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| 2nd person
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unaomba
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mnaomba
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| 3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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anaomba
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wanaomba
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| other classes
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positive subject concord + -naomba
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| Negative present (negative subject concord + -ombi)
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Singular
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Plural
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| 1st person
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siombi
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hatuombi
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| 2nd person
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huombi
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hamwombi
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| 3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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haombi
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hawaombi
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| other classes
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negative subject concord + -ombi
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| Positive future
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positive subject concord + -taomba
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| Negative future
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negative subject concord + -taomba
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| Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -ombe)
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Singular
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Plural
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| 1st person
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niombe
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tuombe
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| 2nd person
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uombe
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mwombe
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| 3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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aombe
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waombe
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| other classes
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positive subject concord + -ombe
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| Negative subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -siombe
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| Positive present conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngeomba
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| Negative present conditional
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positive subject concord + -singeomba
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| Positive past conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngaliomba
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| Negative past conditional
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positive subject concord + -singaliomba
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| Perfect
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positive subject concord + -meomba
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| "Already"
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positive subject concord + -meshaomba
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| "Not yet"
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negative subject concord + -jaomba
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| "If/When"
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positive subject concord + -kiomba
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| "If not"
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positive subject concord + -sipoomba
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| Consecutive
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kaomba / positive subject concord + -kaomba
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| Consecutive subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -kaombe
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| Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.
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