"emba" meaning in All languages combined

See emba on Wiktionary

Noun [Iban]

IPA: /əmba/
Head templates: {{head|iba|noun}} emba
  1. threat
    Sense id: en-emba-iba-noun-pWm5siUP Categories (other): Iban entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Iban entries with incorrect language header: 38 32 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 37 32 32 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 37 32 32

Verb [Iban]

IPA: /əmba/
Head templates: {{head|iba|verb}} emba
  1. to threat
    Sense id: en-emba-iba-verb-pPSnktK7 Categories (other): Iban entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Iban entries with incorrect language header: 38 32 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 37 32 32 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 37 32 32
  2. to scare
    Sense id: en-emba-iba-verb-SJl3izx3 Categories (other): Iban entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Iban entries with incorrect language header: 38 32 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 37 32 32 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 37 32 32

Verb [Lingala]

Forms: -emba [canonical], koemba [infinitive]
Etymology: See the Lingala verb yemba. Head templates: {{ln-verb}} -emba (infinitive koemba)
  1. to sing
    Sense id: en-emba-ln-verb-e1aXhU~s Categories (other): Lingala entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries

Verb [Mongo]

Head templates: {{head|lol|verb}} emba
  1. to sing
    Sense id: en-emba-lol-verb-e1aXhU~s Categories (other): Mongo entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries

Verb [Nyole (Uganda)]

Forms: -emba [canonical], ohwemba [infinitive]
Etymology: Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-jɪ́mba. Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|nuj|bnt-pro|*-jɪ́mba|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Proto-Bantu *-jɪ́mba, {{inh+|nuj|bnt-pro|*-jɪ́mba}} Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-jɪ́mba Head templates: {{head|nuj|verb|infinitive|ohwemba|head=-emba}} -emba (infinitive ohwemba)
  1. to sing Derived forms: -embera (english: to sing a lullaby for a baby)

Verb [Southern Ndebele]

Forms: -emba [canonical]
Etymology: From Proto-Bantu *-jìmba. Etymology templates: {{inh|nr|bnt-pro|*-jìmba}} Proto-Bantu *-jìmba Head templates: {{head|nr|verb|head=-emba}} -emba, {{nr-verb|emba}} -emba
  1. to dig
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              35
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          "english": "Don't worry, it's just their threat",
          "text": "Anang irau, nya mina jaku emba sida",
          "translation": "Don't worry, it's just their threat",
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          "translation": "His parents will threat him if he ever return there",
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      },
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}

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}
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    "Iban lemmas",
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    "Pages with 5 entries",
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              30
            ]
          ],
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            [
              29,
              35
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Don't worry, it's just their threat",
          "text": "Anang irau, nya mina jaku emba sida",
          "translation": "Don't worry, it's just their threat",
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      ],
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/əmba/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "emba"
}

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    "Iban lemmas",
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    "Iban verbs",
    "Pages with 5 entries",
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        {
          "english": "His parents will threat him if he ever return there",
          "text": "Apai indai iya ngemba iya enti iya pulai kia",
          "translation": "His parents will threat him if he ever return there",
          "type": "example"
        }
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              12
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          "text": "Uji emba dik manuk nya",
          "translation": "Try to scare the chickens",
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      ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/əmba/"
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    },
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  ],
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}

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  ],
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}

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    }
  ],
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    },
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    }
  ],
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}

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  ],
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  ],
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "emba"
      },
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        "Southern Ndebele terms inherited from Proto-Bantu",
        "Southern Ndebele verbs"
      ],
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        "to dig"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "dig",
          "dig"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "emba"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-03-25 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-03-03 using wiktextract (05c257f and 9d9a410). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.