different between amba vs amb

English

Etymology 1

Amharic ??? (?ämba)

Noun

amba (plural ambas)

1. A characteristic landform in Ethiopia: a steep-sided, flat-topped mountain, often the site of a settlement.

Etymology 2

From Arabic ???????? (?amba) and Hebrew ?????; ultimately from Sanskrit ???? (?mra).

Noun

amba (uncountable)

1. A tangy mango pickle used as a condiment in the Middle East.

Anagrams

• AABM, AMAB, BAAM, BMAA, Bama, MAAB, bama

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /am.ba?/

Noun

amba

1. lowing or mooing sound of cattle

Verb

amba

1. to moo, low as of cattle

Synonyms

• inga

Hiligaynon

Verb

ámba

1. chant, sing

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ampa/

  Rhymes: -ampa

Noun

amba f (genitive singular ömbu, nominative plural ömbur)

1. Alternative form of amaba

Declension

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?am.ba/
• Rhymes: -amba
• Hyphenation: àm?ba

Etymology 1

From Amharic ??? (?ämba).

Noun

amba f (plural ambe)

1. (geology) A characteristic landform in Ethiopia, consisting of a steep-sided, flat-topped mountain.

Etymology 2

Noun

amba f (plural ambe)

1. (chiefly in the plural) circumlocution, periphrasis

   Synonyms: (formal) circonlocuzione, (colloquial) giro di parole, perifrasi

References

• amba in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• amba in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti

Kanufi

Noun

amba

1. plural of uwa

References

• Roger Blench, The Anib (=Kanufi) language of Central Nigeria and its affinities, page 3, 2011

Kikuyu

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-bàmba (“to stretch and peg a hide”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?ba/

Verb

amba (infinitive kwamba)

1. to peg (out), to pitch
2. to stretch out
3. to do first

Derived terms

• kwambata

• mwambato 3

• kwamb?r?ria

• k?amb?r?ria 7
• mwamb?r?rio 3

• rwambo 11

• rwambo r?mwe r?tiambaga ndarwa

References

• Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu, p. 360. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).
• “amba” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 7. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

Pali

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

From Sanskrit ???? (?mra).

Noun

amba m

1. the mango tree, Magifera indica

Declension

Noun

amba n

1. the mango fruit

Declension

Related terms

• ambaphala (“mango fruit”)

References

• “amba”, in Pali Text Society, editor, Pali-English Dictionary?, London: Chipstead, 1921-1925.

Etymology 2

Noun

amba

1. vocative singular of amb? (“mummy”)

Swahili

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-gàmba (“to speak, to answer”).

Pronunciation

Pronoun

amba-

1. which; who (relative pronoun)

Inflection

Verb

-amba (infinitive kwamba)

1. to say, to explain

Conjugation

Derived terms

• chambo
• jambo

Venda

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-gàmba (“to speak, to answer”).

Verb

amba

1. to speak

Zulu

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-gàmba (“to speak, to answer”).

Verb

-amba

1. to be sarcastic

Inflection

References

• C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972) , “amba”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, ?ISBN: “amba (6.6-3)”

English

Etymology

From ambit, from Latin.

Noun

amb (plural ambs)

1. (palynology) The outline of a spore or pollen grain, as seen in a polar view.

Translations

Anagrams

• -mab, ABM, B. M. A., BMA, Bam, MAb, MBA, Mab, Mba, bam, mAb, mab

Catalan

Alternative forms

• ab (archaic)

Etymology

From Old Catalan ab (Compare Old Occitan ab), from Latin ab. The addition of an -m- is very old, but it was not reflected in spelling until Fabra's orthography in the twentieth century.

Pronunciation

• (Oriental)
  • (before a vowel) IPA^(key): /?mb/
  • (before a consonant) IPA^(key): /?m/
    • Homophone: em
• (Occidental)
  • (before a vowel) IPA^(key): /amb/, /an/, /en/
  • (before a consonant) IPA^(key): /am/, /an/, /en/
    • Homophone: en
  • Notes: the standard pronunciations are /amb/ and /am/. The pronunciation /en/ is typically used in the Valencian Country and parts of Catalonia, the pronunciation /an/ is used in some southern parts of the Valencian Country.

Preposition

amb

1. with

   Antonym: sense

Derived terms

Sources

• Pei, Mario A. 1948. Ab and the survival of the Latin genitive in Old Italian. Italica 25. 104–106.

Further reading

• “amb” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “amb” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “amb” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “amb” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finno-Permic *amp?-. Cognate to Finnish ampua (“to shoot”).

Noun

amb (genitive ammu, partitive ambu)

1. crossbow

Occitan

Alternative forms

• ab (Guardiol)
• dab (Gascon)
• damb (Gascon, Aranese)
• ambé (Provençal)
• embé (Provençal, Niçard)

Etymology

From Old Occitan ab, from Latin ab.

Preposition

amb

1. with

Sources

• Pei, Mario A. 1948. Ab and the survival of the Latin genitive in Old Italian. Italica 25. 104–106.

Portuguese

Noun

amb m (plural ambs)

1. (palynology) amb (outline of a spore or pollen grain)