shiba

See also: Shiba and shibā

English

Alternative forms

• Shiba

Noun

shiba (plural shibas)

1. Ellipsis of Shiba Inu.
   • 2004, Lolita Files, Tastes Like Chicken, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 155:

     “There’s nothing wrong with your dog,” she said. “Then why was he wailing like that? I’ve never heard an animal make such a god-awful noise.” “It’s just something that shibas do,” Dr. Cho replied. “Get used to it. He was probably happy to see you. Had you been away for a while?”

   • 2005, Steven R. Lindsay, editor, Handbook of Applied Dog Behavior and Training, volumes three (Procedures and Protocols), Blackwell Publishing:

     Niimi and coworkers (1999) have found that golden retrievers and shibas predictably differ in terms of their expression of short allele and shibas expressing the long D₄ allele more often (see Neural and Physiological Substrates in Volume 2, Chapter 5).

   • 2020, Kaitlyn Duling, Shiba Inus (Awesome Dogs; Blastoff! Readers), Bellwether Media, →ISBN, page 11:

     Some shibas have red fur.

Japanese

Romanization

shiba

1. Rōmaji transcription of しば

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شَبِعَ (šabiʕa).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

Verb

-shiba (infinitive kushiba)

1. (stative) to be satisfied or full

   nimeshiba ― I am full

Conjugation

Conjugation of -shiba
Positive present -nashiba Subjunctive -shibe Negative -shibi Imperative singular shiba
Infinitives
Positive kushiba Negative kutoshiba
Imperatives
Singular shiba Plural shibeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hushiba Positive past positive subject concord + -lishiba Negative past negative subject concord + -kushiba
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nashiba) Singular Plural 1st person ninashiba/nashiba tunashiba 2nd person unashiba mnashiba 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anashiba wanashiba other classes positive subject concord + -nashiba
Negative present (negative subject concord + -shibi) Singular Plural 1st person sishibi hatushibi 2nd person hushibi hamshibi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hashibi hawashibi other classes negative subject concord + -shibi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tashiba Negative future negative subject concord + -tashiba
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -shibe) Singular Plural 1st person nishibe tushibe 2nd person ushibe mshibe 3rd person m-wa(I/II) ashibe washibe other classes positive subject concord + -shibe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sishibe Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngeshiba Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singeshiba Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalishiba Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalishiba
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -ashiba) Singular Plural 1st person nashiba twashiba 2nd person washiba mwashiba 3rd person m-wa(I/II) ashiba washiba m-mi(III/IV) washiba yashiba ji-ma(V/VI) lashiba yashiba ki-vi(VII/VIII) chashiba vyashiba n(IX/X) yashiba zashiba u(XI) washiba see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwashiba pa(XVI) pashiba mu(XVIII) mwashiba
Perfect positive subject concord + -meshiba "Already" positive subject concord + -meshashiba "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jashiba "If/When" positive subject concord + -kishiba "If not" positive subject concord + -siposhiba Consecutive kashiba / positive subject concord + -kashiba Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kashibe
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nishiba -tushiba 2nd person -kushiba -washiba/-kushibeni/-washibeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mshiba -washiba m-mi(III/IV) -ushiba -ishiba ji-ma(V/VI) -lishiba -yashiba ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kishiba -vishiba n(IX/X) -ishiba -zishiba u(XI) -ushiba see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kushiba pa(XVI) -pashiba mu(XVIII) -mushiba Reflexive -jishiba
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -shiba- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -shibaye -shibao m-mi(III/IV) -shibao -shibayo ji-ma(V/VI) -shibalo -shibayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -shibacho -shibavyo n(IX/X) -shibayo -shibazo u(XI) -shibao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -shibako pa(XVI) -shibapo mu(XVIII) -shibamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -shiba) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yeshiba -oshiba m-mi(III/IV) -oshiba -yoshiba ji-ma(V/VI) -loshiba -yoshiba ki-vi(VII/VIII) -choshiba -vyoshiba n(IX/X) -yoshiba -zoshiba u(XI) -oshiba see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -koshiba pa(XVI) -poshiba mu(XVIII) -moshiba
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Swazi

Verb

-shiba

1. to dunk

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.