different between amba vs amby

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

Shortening of ambidextrous +? -y, after the pattern of rightie and leftie.

Noun

amby (plural ambies)

1. (informal) An ambidextrous person.
   • 1999, Cliff Gromer (ed.), "Great Stuff", Popular Mechanics, August 1999:

     The slim design makes for easy one-hand opening for righties, lefties and ambies.

   • 2001, Rita Robinson, Discover Yourself Through Palm Reading, New Page Books (2001), ?ISBN, page 41:

     Medical scientists speculate that lefties and ambies exercise their brains more and grow more cells.

See also

• leftie
• rightie

Anagrams

• Byam