tiba

See also: tibà and tì bà

Catalan

Verb

tiba

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

Fula

Noun

tiba o (plural tibaaji) (Pulaar)

1. roof
2. one-room house

References

• M. Niang, Pulaar-English English-Pulaar Standard Dictionary, New York: Hippocrene Books, 1997.

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay tiba.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈtiba/ [ˈt̪i.ba]
• Rhymes: -iba
• Syllabification: ti‧ba

Verb

tiba (intransitive)

1. synonym of datang (“to arrive; to come”)

Derived terms

• ketibaan
• setibanya
• tiba-tiba

Further reading

• “tiba” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Javanese

Etymology

From Old Javanese tiba.

Verb

tiba

1. to fall

Malay

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tiba/
  • (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): [ti.bə]

    • Audio (Malaysia):

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  • (Baku, Northern Peninsular Malay) IPA^(key): [ti.ba]

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• Rhymes: -ba, -a
• Hyphenation: ti‧ba

Verb

tiba (Jawi spelling تيبا)

1. To arrive:
   1. To reach (a place).

      Synonyms: sampai, datang

      Kami tiba di stesen pada waktu tengah hari.

      We arrived at the station at noon.

   2. To come (of time).

      Musim tengkujuh sudah tiba.

      The rainy season has arrived.

      Sudah tiba masanya untuk revolusi.

      The time has come for revolution.

Affixations

• ketibaan
• setiba
• tiba-tiba / tetiba

Descendants

• Indonesian: tiba

Further reading

• “tiba” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Old Javanese

Verb

tiba

1. to fall

Swahili

Etymology

From Arabic طِبّ (ṭibb, “medicine”).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Noun

tiba class IX (plural tiba class X)

1. medical treatment

Related terms

• -tibu (“to treat, cure, heal”)

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈti.ba]

Verb

tiba

1. (transitive) to think over, contemplate

Conjugation

Conjugation of tiba

		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		totiba	fotiba	mitiba
2nd person		notiba	nitiba
3rd person	masculine	otiba	itiba yotiba (archaic)
	feminine	motiba
	neuter	itiba

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh