hamba
Estonian
Noun
hambaCategory:Estonian non-lemma forms#HAMBACategory:Estonian noun forms#HAMBACategory:Estonian entries with incorrect language header#HAMBACategory:Pages with entries#HAMBACategory:Pages with 10 entries#HAMBA
Fanagalo
Etymology
From ZuluCategory:Fanagalo terms inherited from Zulu#HAMBACategory:Fanagalo terms derived from Zulu#HAMBA -hamba.
Verb
hambaCategory:Fanagalo lemmas#HAMBACategory:Fanagalo verbs#HAMBACategory:Fanagalo entries with incorrect language header#HAMBACategory:Pages with entries#HAMBACategory:Pages with 10 entries#HAMBA
Indonesian
Etymology
From MalayCategory:Indonesian terms inherited from Malay#HAMBACategory:Indonesian terms derived from Malay#HAMBA hamba, from SanskritCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Sanskrit#HAMBA हम्भाय (hambhāya, “low”), compare to Sanskrit हंबतारा (haṃbatārā, “good man”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈhamba/ [ˈham.ba]Category:Indonesian 2-syllable words#HAMBACategory:Indonesian terms with IPA pronunciation#HAMBA
Category:Indonesian terms with audio pronunciation#HAMBAAudio: (file) - Rhymes: -ambaCategory:Rhymes:Indonesian/amba#HAMBACategory:Rhymes:Indonesian/amba/2 syllables#HAMBA
- Syllabification: ham‧ba
Noun
hamba (plural hamba-hamba)Category:Indonesian lemmas#HAMBACategory:Indonesian nouns#HAMBACategory:Indonesian entries with incorrect language header#HAMBACategory:Pages with entries#HAMBACategory:Pages with 10 entries#HAMBA
Pronoun
hambaCategory:Indonesian lemmas#HAMBACategory:Indonesian pronouns#HAMBACategory:Indonesian entries with incorrect language header#HAMBACategory:Pages with entries#HAMBACategory:Pages with 10 entries#HAMBA
- (archaicCategory:Indonesian terms with archaic senses#HAMBA, humbleCategory:Indonesian humble terms#HAMBA) I, me, my, your servant
Usage notes
Hamba as pronoun still used in daily life, especially in prayer.
Synonyms
Indonesian first-person pronouns:
Derived terms
Further reading
- “hamba”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
Malay
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from SanskritCategory:Malay terms borrowed from Sanskrit#HAMBACategory:Malay terms derived from Sanskrit#HAMBA हम्भाय (hambhāya, “low”), compare to Sanskrit हंबतारा (haṃbatārā, “good man”).
Pronunciation
- (schwa-variety) IPA(key): [ham.bə]Category:Malay 2-syllable words#HAMBACategory:Malay terms with IPA pronunciation#HAMBA
- (Baku) IPA(key): [ham.ba]Category:Malay 2-syllable words#HAMBACategory:Malay terms with IPA pronunciation#HAMBA
- (Kelantan-Pattani, Negeri Sembilan) IPA(key): [am.bɔ]Category:Malay 2-syllable words#HAMBACategory:Malay terms with IPA pronunciation#HAMBA
- (Terengganu) IPA(key): [am.bə]Category:Malay 2-syllable words#HAMBACategory:Malay terms with IPA pronunciation#HAMBA
- Hyphenation: ham‧ba
Noun
hamba (Jawi spelling همبا, plural hamba-hamba or hamba2)Category:Malay lemmas#HAMBACategory:Malay nouns#HAMBACategory:Malay entries with incorrect language header#HAMBACategory:Pages with entries#HAMBACategory:Pages with 10 entries#HAMBA
- A slave.
- 1849, Abdullah bin Abdul Kadir, Hikayat Abdullah, page 250:
- Bermula orang yang empunya hamba-hamba itu kelakuannya seperti binatang yang tiada bermalu dan tiada takut kepada Allah.Category:Malay terms with quotations#HAMBA
- The slave owners began behaving like shameless animals that do not fear God.
Affixations
Compounds
Pronoun
hamba (Jawi spelling همبا)Category:Malay lemmas#HAMBACategory:Malay pronouns#HAMBACategory:Malay entries with incorrect language header#HAMBACategory:Pages with entries#HAMBACategory:Pages with 10 entries#HAMBA
- (archaicCategory:Malay terms with archaic senses#HAMBA, humbleCategory:Malay humble terms#HAMBA or dialectalCategory:Malay dialectal terms#HAMBA, Kelantan-PattaniCategory:Kelantan-Pattani Malay#HAMBA, Negeri SembilanCategory:Negeri Sembilan Malay#HAMBA, TerengganuCategory:Terengganu Malay#HAMBA) I (me, my).
Descendants
- Indonesian: hamba
See also
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person |
kita4 | |
| 2nd person | ||
| 3rd person |
1 Polite.
2 Formal.
3 Informal.
4 Includes the listener (inclusive).
5 Excludes the listener (exclusive).
6 Formality depends on the second person pronoun used.
7 Honorific.
8 Formal (Brunei).
- This table mostly only shows personal pronouns that are commonly used in the standard language and within the Klang Valley area.
- The second person pronouns are often replaced by kinship terms, titles, or the like.
- The enclitic -nya is only used obliquely (as an object or possessor).
- The second person pronoun kamu is usually only used when speaking with younger speakers.
References
- Pijnappel, Jan (1875), “همب hamba”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 145
- Wilkinson, Richard James (1901), “همب hamba”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, pages 685-6
- Wilkinson, Richard James (1932), “hamba”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 391
Further reading
- "hamba" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
Northern Ndebele
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Category:Requests for etymologies in Northern Ndebele entries#HAMBA
Verb
-hámbaCategory:Northern Ndebele lemmas#HAMBACategory:Northern Ndebele verbs#HAMBACategory:Northern Ndebele entries with incorrect language header#HAMBACategory:Pages with entries#HAMBACategory:Pages with 10 entries#HAMBA
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Category:Requests for inflections in Northern Ndebele verb entries#HAMBACategory:Requests for inflections in Northern Ndebele entries#HAMBAOld Javanese
Etymology
Borrowed from SanskritCategory:Old Javanese terms borrowed from Sanskrit#HAMBACategory:Old Javanese terms derived from Sanskrit#HAMBA हम्भाय (hambhāya, “low”), compare to Sanskrit हंबतारा (haṃbatārā, “good man”).
Noun
hambaCategory:Old Javanese lemmas#HAMBACategory:Old Javanese nouns#HAMBACategory:Old Javanese entries with incorrect language header#HAMBACategory:Pages with entries#HAMBACategory:Pages with 10 entries#HAMBA
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- Javanese: ꦲꦩ꧀ꦧ (amba)
Swazi
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Category:Requests for etymologies in Swazi entries#HAMBA
Verb
-hámbaCategory:Swazi lemmas#HAMBACategory:Swazi verbs#HAMBACategory:Swazi entries with incorrect language header#HAMBACategory:Pages with entries#HAMBACategory:Pages with 10 entries#HAMBA
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Category:Requests for inflections in Swazi verb entries#HAMBACategory:Requests for inflections in Swazi entries#HAMBATagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from SpanishCategory:Tagalog terms borrowed from Spanish#HAMBACategory:Tagalog terms derived from Spanish#HAMBA jamba.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈhamba/ [ˈham.bɐ]Category:Tagalog 2-syllable words#HAMBACategory:Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation#HAMBA
- Rhymes: -ambaCategory:Rhymes:Tagalog/amba#HAMBACategory:Rhymes:Tagalog/amba/2 syllables#HAMBA
- Syllabification: ham‧baCategory:Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation#HAMBA
Noun
hamba (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜋ᜔ᜊ)Category:Tagalog lemmas#HAMBACategory:Tagalog nouns#HAMBACategory:Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries#HAMBACategory:Tagalog terms with Baybayin script#HAMBACategory:Tagalog entries with incorrect language header#HAMBACategory:Pages with entries#HAMBACategory:Pages with 10 entries#HAMBA
- jamb (vertical component that form the side of an opening in a wall)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “hamba”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
Xhosa
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Category:Requests for etymologies in Xhosa entries#HAMBA
Verb
-hámbaCategory:Xhosa lemmas#HAMBACategory:Xhosa verbs#HAMBACategory:Xhosa entries with incorrect language header#HAMBACategory:Pages with entries#HAMBACategory:Pages with 10 entries#HAMBA
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Category:Requests for inflections in Xhosa verb entries#HAMBACategory:Requests for inflections in Xhosa entries#HAMBAZulu
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Category:Requests for etymologies in Zulu entries#HAMBA
Verb
-hámbaCategory:Zulu lemmas#HAMBACategory:Zulu verbs#HAMBACategory:Zulu entries with incorrect language header#HAMBACategory:Pages with entries#HAMBACategory:Pages with 10 entries#HAMBA
- (intransitiveCategory:Zulu intransitive verbs#HAMBA) to go, to walk, to move
- (intransitiveCategory:Zulu intransitive verbs#HAMBA) to travel
- (transitiveCategory:Zulu transitive verbs#HAMBA and intransitiveCategory:Zulu intransitive verbs#HAMBA) to ride, to go by (a vehicle)
- (intransitiveCategory:Zulu intransitive verbs#HAMBA) to leave, to depart
- (intransitiveCategory:Zulu intransitive verbs#HAMBA) to go on, to keep going, to proceed
- (intransitiveCategory:Zulu intransitive verbs#HAMBA) to work, to function, to operate
Inflection
Derived terms
References
- C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “hamba”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “hamba (3.9)”