"semba" meaning in English

See semba in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: Borrowed from Portuguese semba, from Kimbundu semba (“belly-bump”), from Proto-Bantu [Term?]. Doublet of samba. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|pt|semba}} Portuguese semba, {{der|en|kmb|semba||belly-bump}} Kimbundu semba (“belly-bump”), {{der|en|bnt-pro|}} Proto-Bantu [Term?], {{doublet|en|samba}} Doublet of samba Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} semba (uncountable)
  1. (music) A genre of traditional music and dance from Angola. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Music, Musical genres

Download JSON data for semba meaning in English (1.8kB)

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "pt",
        "3": "semba"
      },
      "expansion": "Portuguese semba",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "kmb",
        "3": "semba",
        "4": "",
        "5": "belly-bump"
      },
      "expansion": "Kimbundu semba (“belly-bump”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "bnt-pro",
        "3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Bantu [Term?]",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "samba"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of samba",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Portuguese semba, from Kimbundu semba (“belly-bump”), from Proto-Bantu [Term?]. Doublet of samba.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "semba (uncountable)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Music",
          "orig": "en:Music",
          "parents": [
            "Art",
            "Sound",
            "Culture",
            "Energy",
            "Society",
            "Nature",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Musical genres",
          "orig": "en:Musical genres",
          "parents": [
            "Genres",
            "Music",
            "Entertainment",
            "Art",
            "Sound",
            "Culture",
            "Energy",
            "Society",
            "Nature",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A genre of traditional music and dance from Angola."
      ],
      "id": "en-semba-en-noun-geAlzzdU",
      "links": [
        [
          "music",
          "music"
        ],
        [
          "Angola",
          "Angola"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(music) A genre of traditional music and dance from Angola."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "music"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "semba"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "pt",
        "3": "semba"
      },
      "expansion": "Portuguese semba",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "kmb",
        "3": "semba",
        "4": "",
        "5": "belly-bump"
      },
      "expansion": "Kimbundu semba (“belly-bump”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "bnt-pro",
        "3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Bantu [Term?]",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "samba"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of samba",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Portuguese semba, from Kimbundu semba (“belly-bump”), from Proto-Bantu [Term?]. Doublet of samba.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "semba (uncountable)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English doublets",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms borrowed from Portuguese",
        "English terms derived from Kimbundu",
        "English terms derived from Portuguese",
        "English terms derived from Proto-Bantu",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "Proto-Bantu term requests",
        "en:Music",
        "en:Musical genres"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A genre of traditional music and dance from Angola."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "music",
          "music"
        ],
        [
          "Angola",
          "Angola"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(music) A genre of traditional music and dance from Angola."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "music"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "semba"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-06-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-06-06 using wiktextract (6c02f21 and 0136956). 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.