lamba

• lamber (obsolete)

From Malagasy (Highlands dialect).

lamba (plural lambas or lamba)

1. The traditional garment worn by men and women in Madagascar, consisting of a rectangular length of cloth wrapped around the body.
   • 1743, Robert Drury, The Pleasant, and Surprizing Adventures of Mr. Robert Drury, during his Fifteen Years Captivity on the Island of Madagascar, London, p. 135,

     […] the Lances flew briskly at one another; one of which went thorow my Lamber, and scratch’d me […]

   • 1870, James Sibree, Madagascar and its People, London: The Religious Tract Society, Chapter 17, p. 520,

     I was, from the first, surprised by the reverent manner in which public worship is conducted—especially by the outward respect shown during prayer. Almost everyone has his face covered with the folds of the lamba, and even young children seem instinctively to know that prayer is a solemn act, and often lie at full length on the ground perfectly still, with their little heads covered by their dress.

   • 2017, Colleen J. McElroy, Over the Lip of the World: Among the Storytellers of Madagascar, Seattle: University of Washington Press, Chapter 5, p. 99,

     Wind stirred the grass, leaving streaks of gold-green light, and the patterns of lambas on women coming home from the market took on the vividness of a Degas painting.

• ambal

• lambang

• Hyphenation: lam‧ba
• IPA^(key): /lamˈba/

lambá

1. each, every

   Synonym: kada

lamba

1. genitive singular of lammas

lamba

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of lamber
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of lamber

lamba

1. Romanization of 𐌻𐌰𐌼𐌱𐌰

Borrowed from English number.

• IPA^(key): /lám.bàː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [lám.bàː]

lambā̀ f (plural lambōbī, possessed form lambàr̃)

1. sign, distinguishing mark, trademark
2. registration number
3. vaccination
4. scratch on enamel bowl/plate

lamba

1. indefinite genitive plural of lamb

lamba n

1. (non-standard since 1938) definite plural of lamb

lamba (present tense lambar, past tense lamba, past participle lamba, passive infinitive lambast, present participle lambande, imperative lamba/lamb)

1. (pre-1938) alternative form of lamme

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃bɐ

lamba

1. inflection of lamber:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

From Sanskrit लम्ब (lamba).

lamba

1. long

From Proto-Bantu *-dàmba.

-lamba

1. to become hungry

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

lamba

1. inflection of lamber:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

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-lamba (infinitive kulamba)

1. to lick