simba

See also: Simba and şimbä

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay sembah.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: sim‧ba
• IPA^(key): /ˈsimba/ [ˈs̪im.bɐ]

Verb

simba

1. to adore
2. to go to church
3. to attend church services

Noun

simba

1. an instance of going to church or attending church services

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:simba.

Derived terms

• simbahan
• simbako

Central Bikol

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay sembah.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /simˈba/ [simˈba]
• Hyphenation: sim‧ba

Noun

simbá (Basahan spelling ᜐᜒᜋ᜔ᜊ)

1. act of going to church, attending church services

Derived terms

• magsimba
• simbahan

Related terms

• samba

Kituba

Verb

simba

1. to hold
2. to catch

Kongo

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *ncímbá.

Noun

simba

1. lion

   Synonym: nkosi

Etymology 2

Verb

simba

1. to hold
2. to catch

Lingala

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Kongo simba.

Noun

simba

1. lion

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Kongo simba.

Verb

-simba (infinitive kosimba)

1. to touch
2. to hold
3. to catch

Ngombe (Congo)

Noun

simba

1. lion

Shona

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

-simba (infinitive kusimba)

1. be strong
2. be powerful

Noun

simbá class 5 (plural masimbá class 6)

1. strength
2. power, authority

Related terms

• simbi (“iron”)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Bantu *ncímbá. The irregular development of the tones suggests that it may be a borrowing from another Bantu language.

Noun

simba class 9 (plural simba class 10)

1. genet

Alternative forms

• tsimba

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsimba/ [ˈsĩm.ba]
• Rhymes: -imba
• Syllabification: sim‧ba

Etymology 1

Adjective

simba m or f (masculine and feminine plural simbas)

1. Simba

Noun

simba m (uncountable)

1. Simba (language)

Etymology 2

Verb

simba

1. inflection of simbar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Swahili

simba wa Kenya

Pronunciation

• (Unguja standard) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.ᵐbɑ/

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *ncímbá. Cognate with Nyamwezi nshimba, Umbundu simbe, Venda tsimba, Zulu insimba. However, Sanskrit सिंह (siṃha) is a false cognate.

Noun

simba class IX (plural simba class X)

1. lion

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

-simba (infinitive kusimba)

1. to code (to put something in language)
2. to encode

Conjugation

Conjugation of -simba
Positive present -nasimba Subjunctive -simbe Negative -simbi Imperative singular simba
Infinitives
Positive kusimba Negative kutosimba
Imperatives
Singular simba Plural simbeni
Tensed forms
Habitual husimba Positive past positive subject concord + -lisimba Negative past negative subject concord + -kusimba
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nasimba) Singular Plural 1st person ninasimba/nasimba tunasimba 2nd person unasimba mnasimba 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anasimba wanasimba other classes positive subject concord + -nasimba
Negative present (negative subject concord + -simbi) Singular Plural 1st person sisimbi hatusimbi 2nd person husimbi hamsimbi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hasimbi hawasimbi other classes negative subject concord + -simbi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tasimba Negative future negative subject concord + -tasimba
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -simbe) Singular Plural 1st person nisimbe tusimbe 2nd person usimbe msimbe 3rd person m-wa(I/II) asimbe wasimbe other classes positive subject concord + -simbe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sisimbe Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngesimba Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singesimba Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalisimba Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalisimba
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -asimba) Singular Plural 1st person nasimba twasimba 2nd person wasimba mwasimba 3rd person m-wa(I/II) asimba wasimba m-mi(III/IV) wasimba yasimba ji-ma(V/VI) lasimba yasimba ki-vi(VII/VIII) chasimba vyasimba n(IX/X) yasimba zasimba u(XI) wasimba see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwasimba pa(XVI) pasimba mu(XVIII) mwasimba
Perfect positive subject concord + -mesimba "Already" positive subject concord + -meshasimba "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jasimba "If/When" positive subject concord + -kisimba "If not" positive subject concord + -siposimba Consecutive kasimba / positive subject concord + -kasimba Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kasimbe
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nisimba -tusimba 2nd person -kusimba -wasimba/-kusimbeni/-wasimbeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -msimba -wasimba m-mi(III/IV) -usimba -isimba ji-ma(V/VI) -lisimba -yasimba ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kisimba -visimba n(IX/X) -isimba -zisimba u(XI) -usimba see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kusimba pa(XVI) -pasimba mu(XVIII) -musimba Reflexive -jisimba
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -simba- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -simbaye -simbao m-mi(III/IV) -simbao -simbayo ji-ma(V/VI) -simbalo -simbayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -simbacho -simbavyo n(IX/X) -simbayo -simbazo u(XI) -simbao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -simbako pa(XVI) -simbapo mu(XVIII) -simbamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -simba) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yesimba -osimba m-mi(III/IV) -osimba -yosimba ji-ma(V/VI) -losimba -yosimba ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chosimba -vyosimba n(IX/X) -yosimba -zosimba u(XI) -osimba see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kosimba pa(XVI) -posimba mu(XVIII) -mosimba
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:
  • Conversive: -simbua

• Nominal derivations:
  • msimbo (“code”)
  • usimbaji (“encoding”)

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay sembah, possibly from Javanese ꦱꦼꦩ꧀ꦧꦃ (sembah), from Old Javanese sĕmbah, possibly from Old Khmer saṃbaḥ ~ sambaḥ (whence Khmer សំពះ (sɑmpĕəh)). Compare Central Bikol simba, Cebuano simba, and Waray-Waray singba. Doublet of samba.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /simˈba/ [sɪmˈba]

    • Audio:

      (file)

    • Rhymes: -a
  • IPA^(key): (nonstandard) /ˈsimba/ [ˈsim.bɐ]
    • Rhymes: -imba
• Syllabification: sim‧ba

Noun

simbá or simba (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜋ᜔ᜊ)

1. going to church (to pray, attend service, etc.)
2. attending of Mass

   Synonyms: pagsimba, pagsisimba

Derived terms

• magsimba
• pagsimba
• pagsisimba
• palasimba
• simbahan
• Simbang Gabi
• sumimba

Further reading

• “simba”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) loan “worship”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI