"ambia" meaning in Swahili

See ambia in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Audio: Sw-ke-ambia.flac
Head templates: {{head|sw|verb|no plain infinitive||head=-ambia}} -ambia (no plain infinitive) Inflection templates: {{sw-conj}} Forms: -ambia [canonical], no-table-tags [table-tags], -niambia [first-person, singular], -tuambia [first-person, plural], -kuambia [second-person, singular], -waambia [plural, second-person], -kuambieni [plural, second-person], -waambieni [plural, second-person], -mwambia [class-1, class-2, singular, third-person], -waambia [class-1, class-2, plural, third-person], - [third-person], -jiambia [reflexive], -niambie [first-person, singular, subjunctive], -tuambie [first-person, plural, subjunctive], -kuambie [second-person, singular, subjunctive], -waambie [plural, second-person, subjunctive], -mwambie [class-1, class-2, singular, subjunctive, third-person], -waambie [class-1, class-2, plural, subjunctive, third-person], - [subjunctive, third-person], -jiambie [reflexive, subjunctive], -niambii [first-person, singular, subjunctive], -tuambii [first-person, plural, subjunctive], -kuambii [second-person, singular, subjunctive], -waambii [plural, second-person, subjunctive], -mwambii [class-1, class-2, singular, subjunctive, third-person], -waambii [class-1, class-2, plural, subjunctive, third-person], -jiambii [reflexive, subjunctive], no-table-tags [table-tags], Relative forms general positive (positive subject concord + object concord + -ambia- + relative marker), -ambiaye [class-1, class-2, singular], -ambiao [class-1, class-2, plural], -ambiao [class-3, class-4, singular], -ambiayo [class-3, class-4, plural], -ambialo [class-5, class-6, singular], -ambiayo [class-5, class-6, plural], -ambiacho [class-7, class-8, singular], -ambiavyo [class-7, class-8, plural], -ambiayo [class-10, class-9, singular], -ambiazo [class-10, class-9, plural], -ambiao [class-11, singular], -ambiako [class-15, class-17, singular], -ambiapo [class-16, singular], -ambiamo [class-18, singular], no-table-tags [table-tags], Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.
  1. Applicative form of -amba: to tell Tags: applicative, form-of Form of: -amba (extra: to tell) Derived forms: -ambiwa [passive, verb], -ambilika [stative, verb] Derived forms (Reciprocal): -ambizana [verb]
    Sense id: en-ambia-sw-verb-NUBSWAxs Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Swahili entries with incorrect language header
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-ambia",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sw-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-niambia",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tuambia",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-kuambia",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-waambia",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-kuambieni",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-waambieni",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-mwambia",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "class-2",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-waambia",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "class-2",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-jiambia",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "reflexive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-niambie",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tuambie",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-kuambie",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-waambie",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-mwambie",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "class-2",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-waambie",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "class-2",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-jiambie",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "reflexive",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-niambii",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tuambii",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-kuambii",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-waambii",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-mwambii",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "class-2",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-waambii",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "class-2",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-jiambii",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "reflexive",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sw-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Relative forms general positive (positive subject concord + object concord + -ambia- + relative marker)",
      "source": "conjugation"
    },
    {
      "form": "-ambiaye",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "class-2",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ambiao",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "class-2",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ambiao",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-3",
        "class-4",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ambiayo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-3",
        "class-4",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ambialo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-5",
        "class-6",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ambiayo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-5",
        "class-6",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ambiacho",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-7",
        "class-8",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ambiavyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-7",
        "class-8",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ambiayo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-10",
        "class-9",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ambiazo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-10",
        "class-9",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ambiao",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-11",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ambiako",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-15",
        "class-17",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ambiapo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-16",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ambiamo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-18",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sw-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.",
      "source": "conjugation"
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "2": "verb",
        "3": "no plain infinitive",
        "4": "",
        "head": "-ambia"
      },
      "expansion": "-ambia (no plain infinitive)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "sw-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swahili",
  "lang_code": "sw",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "passive",
            "verb"
          ],
          "word": "-ambiwa"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "stative",
            "verb"
          ],
          "word": "-ambilika"
        },
        {
          "sense": "Reciprocal",
          "tags": [
            "verb"
          ],
          "word": "-ambizana"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              7,
              11
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              6,
              11
            ]
          ],
          "english": "I will tell you.",
          "text": "Nitakuambia.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              7,
              11
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              3,
              10
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Please tell me!",
          "text": "Mniambieni!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "extra": "to tell",
          "word": "-amba"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Applicative form of -amba: to tell"
      ],
      "id": "en-ambia-sw-verb-NUBSWAxs",
      "links": [
        [
          "-amba",
          "amba#Swahili"
        ],
        [
          "tell",
          "tell"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "applicative",
        "form-of"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "Sw-ke-ambia.flac",
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/21/Sw-ke-ambia.flac/Sw-ke-ambia.flac.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ambia"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "passive",
        "verb"
      ],
      "word": "-ambiwa"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Reciprocal",
      "tags": [
        "verb"
      ],
      "word": "-ambizana"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "stative",
        "verb"
      ],
      "word": "-ambilika"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-ambia",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sw-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-niambia",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tuambia",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-kuambia",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-waambia",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-kuambieni",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-waambieni",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-mwambia",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "class-2",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-waambia",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "class-2",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-jiambia",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "reflexive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-niambie",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tuambie",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-kuambie",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-waambie",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-mwambie",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "class-2",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-waambie",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "class-2",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-jiambie",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "reflexive",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-niambii",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-tuambii",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-kuambii",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-waambii",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-mwambii",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "class-2",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-waambii",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "class-2",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-jiambii",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "reflexive",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sw-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Relative forms general positive (positive subject concord + object concord + -ambia- + relative marker)",
      "source": "conjugation"
    },
    {
      "form": "-ambiaye",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "class-2",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ambiao",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "class-2",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ambiao",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-3",
        "class-4",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ambiayo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-3",
        "class-4",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ambialo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-5",
        "class-6",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ambiayo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-5",
        "class-6",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ambiacho",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-7",
        "class-8",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ambiavyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-7",
        "class-8",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ambiayo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-10",
        "class-9",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ambiazo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-10",
        "class-9",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ambiao",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-11",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ambiako",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-15",
        "class-17",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ambiapo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-16",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ambiamo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class-18",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sw-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.",
      "source": "conjugation"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "sw",
        "2": "verb",
        "3": "no plain infinitive",
        "4": "",
        "head": "-ambia"
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      "expansion": "-ambia (no plain infinitive)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "sw-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swahili",
  "lang_code": "sw",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Swahili applicative verbs",
        "Swahili entries with incorrect language header",
        "Swahili lemmas",
        "Swahili terms with usage examples",
        "Swahili verbs"
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              6,
              11
            ]
          ],
          "english": "I will tell you.",
          "text": "Nitakuambia.",
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        },
        {
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            [
              7,
              11
            ]
          ],
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            [
              3,
              10
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Please tell me!",
          "text": "Mniambieni!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "extra": "to tell",
          "word": "-amba"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Applicative form of -amba: to tell"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "-amba",
          "amba#Swahili"
        ],
        [
          "tell",
          "tell"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "applicative",
        "form-of"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "Sw-ke-ambia.flac",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/21/Sw-ke-ambia.flac/Sw-ke-ambia.flac.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/21/Sw-ke-ambia.flac/Sw-ke-ambia.flac.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ambia"
}

Download raw JSONL data for ambia meaning in Swahili (5.8kB)

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  ],
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  "title": "ambia",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "subsection": "verb",
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  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "inflection/1826",
  "msg": "inflection table: empty tags for Relative forms general positive (positive subject concord + object concord + -ambia- + relative marker)",
  "path": [
    "ambia"
  ],
  "section": "Swahili",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "ambia",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/1826",
  "msg": "inflection table: empty tags for Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.",
  "path": [
    "ambia"
  ],
  "section": "Swahili",
  "subsection": "verb",
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}

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