tamba

See also: tambâ

Javanese

Romanization

tamba

1. Romanization of ꦠꦩ꧀ꦧ

Malay

Verb

tamba

1. (1924-1972) Obsolete spelling of tambah.

Old Javanese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tam.ba/
• Rhymes: -ba
• Hyphenation: tam‧ba

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tambar (“antidote”) (compare Malay tawar (“tasteless”), Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tambal (“to mend, to patch”)).

Noun

tamba

1. cure, remedy, medicine

   Synonyms: jampi, jampyan, oṣadha, oṣadhi, tamba, tambā, uṣadha, uwat, waidya, wedya

Alternative forms

• tambā

Derived terms

• anamba
• anambani
• panamban
• pratamba
• tambana
• tan patamban
• tinamban
• tumamba
• tumambani

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦠꦩ꧀ꦧ (tamba)

Etymology 2

Unknown, probably affixation of amba (“broad, wide”) +‎ ta-. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Root

tamba

1. tardy, slow

Derived terms

• atamban

Further reading

• "tamba" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Verb

-tamba (infinitive kutamba)

1. to narrate, to recount

Conjugation

Conjugation of -tamba
Positive present -natamba Subjunctive -tambe Negative -tambi Imperative singular tamba
Infinitives
Positive kutamba Negative kutotamba
Imperatives
Singular tamba Plural tambeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hutamba Positive past positive subject concord + -litamba Negative past negative subject concord + -kutamba
Positive present (positive subject concord + -natamba) Singular Plural 1st person ninatamba/natamba tunatamba 2nd person unatamba mnatamba 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anatamba wanatamba other classes positive subject concord + -natamba
Negative present (negative subject concord + -tambi) Singular Plural 1st person sitambi hatutambi 2nd person hutambi hamtambi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hatambi hawatambi other classes negative subject concord + -tambi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tatamba Negative future negative subject concord + -tatamba
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -tambe) Singular Plural 1st person nitambe tutambe 2nd person utambe mtambe 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atambe watambe other classes positive subject concord + -tambe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sitambe Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetamba Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetamba Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalitamba Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalitamba
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -atamba) Singular Plural 1st person natamba twatamba 2nd person watamba mwatamba 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atamba watamba m-mi(III/IV) watamba yatamba ji-ma(V/VI) latamba yatamba ki-vi(VII/VIII) chatamba vyatamba n(IX/X) yatamba zatamba u(XI) watamba see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwatamba pa(XVI) patamba mu(XVIII) mwatamba
Perfect positive subject concord + -metamba "Already" positive subject concord + -meshatamba "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jatamba "If/When" positive subject concord + -kitamba "If not" positive subject concord + -sipotamba Consecutive katamba / positive subject concord + -katamba Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -katambe
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nitamba -tutamba 2nd person -kutamba -watamba/-kutambeni/-watambeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mtamba -watamba m-mi(III/IV) -utamba -itamba ji-ma(V/VI) -litamba -yatamba ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kitamba -vitamba n(IX/X) -itamba -zitamba u(XI) -utamba see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kutamba pa(XVI) -patamba mu(XVIII) -mutamba Reflexive -jitamba
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -tamba- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -tambaye -tambao m-mi(III/IV) -tambao -tambayo ji-ma(V/VI) -tambalo -tambayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -tambacho -tambavyo n(IX/X) -tambayo -tambazo u(XI) -tambao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -tambako pa(XVI) -tambapo mu(XVIII) -tambamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -tamba) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yetamba -otamba m-mi(III/IV) -otamba -yotamba ji-ma(V/VI) -lotamba -yotamba ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotamba -vyotamba n(IX/X) -yotamba -zotamba u(XI) -otamba see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kotamba pa(XVI) -potamba mu(XVIII) -motamba
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

• Nominal derivations:
  • mtambaji (“narrator”)