Cebuano
Etymology
Borrowed from Malay sembah.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: sim‧ba
- IPA(key): /ˈsimba/ [ˈs̪im.bɐ]
Verb
simba
- to adore
- to go to church
- to attend church services
Noun
simba
- an instance of going to church or attending church services
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:simba.
Derived terms
Central Bikol
Etymology
Borrowed from Malay sembah.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /simˈba/ [simˈba]
- Hyphenation: sim‧ba
Noun
simbá (Basahan spelling ᜐᜒᜋ᜔ᜊ)
- act of going to church, attending church services
Derived terms
Kituba
Verb
simba
- to hold
- to catch
Kongo
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Bantu *ncímbá.
Noun
simba
- lion
- Synonym: nkosi
Etymology 2
Verb
simba
- to hold
- to catch
Lingala
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Kongo simba.
Noun
simba
- lion
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Kongo simba.
Verb
-simba (infinitive kosimba)
- to touch
- to hold
- to catch
Ngombe (Congo)
Noun
simba
- lion
Shona
Etymology 1
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb
-simba (infinitive kusimba)
- be strong
- be powerful
Noun
simbá class 5 (plural masimbá class 6)
- strength
- power, authority
Etymology 2
From Proto-Bantu *ncímbá. The irregular development of the tones suggests that it may be a borrowing from another Bantu language.
Noun
simba class 9 (plural simba class 10)
- genet
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsimba/ [ˈsĩm.ba]
- Rhymes: -imba
- Syllabification: sim‧ba
Etymology 1
Adjective
simba m or f (masculine and feminine plural simbas)
- Simba
Noun
simba m (uncountable)
- Simba (language)
Etymology 2
Verb
simba
- inflection of simbar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Swahili
Pronunciation
- (Unguja standard) IPA(key): /ˈsi.ᵐbɑ/
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Bantu *ncímbá. Cognate with Nyamwezi nshimba, Umbundu simbe, Venda tsimba, Zulu insimba. However, Sanskrit सिंह (siṃha) is a false cognate.
Noun
simba class IX (plural simba class X)
- lion
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb
-simba (infinitive kusimba)
- to code (to put something in language)
- to encode
Conjugation
| Conjugation of -simba
|
| Positive present
|
-nasimba
|
| Subjunctive
|
-simbe
|
| Negative
|
-simbi
|
| Imperative singular
|
simba
|
|
| Infinitives
|
| Positive
|
kusimba
|
| Negative
|
kutosimba
|
|
| Imperatives
|
| Singular
|
simba
|
| Plural
|
simbeni
|
|
| Tensed forms
|
| Habitual
|
husimba
|
| Positive past
|
positive subject concord + -lisimba
|
| Negative past
|
negative subject concord + -kusimba
|
|
| Positive present (positive subject concord + -nasimba)
|
|
|
Singular
|
Plural
|
| 1st person
|
ninasimba/nasimba
|
tunasimba
|
| 2nd person
|
unasimba
|
mnasimba
|
| 3rd person
|
m-wa(I/II)
|
anasimba
|
wanasimba
|
| other classes
|
positive subject concord + -nasimba
|
|
| Negative present (negative subject concord + -simbi)
|
|
|
Singular
|
Plural
|
| 1st person
|
sisimbi
|
hatusimbi
|
| 2nd person
|
husimbi
|
hamsimbi
|
| 3rd person
|
m-wa(I/II)
|
hasimbi
|
hawasimbi
|
| other classes
|
negative subject concord + -simbi
|
|
| Positive future
|
positive subject concord + -tasimba
|
| Negative future
|
negative subject concord + -tasimba
|
|
| Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -simbe)
|
|
|
Singular
|
Plural
|
| 1st person
|
nisimbe
|
tusimbe
|
| 2nd person
|
usimbe
|
msimbe
|
| 3rd person
|
m-wa(I/II)
|
asimbe
|
wasimbe
|
| other classes
|
positive subject concord + -simbe
|
|
| Negative subjunctive
|
positive subject concord + -sisimbe
|
| Positive present conditional
|
positive subject concord + -ngesimba
|
| Negative present conditional
|
positive subject concord + -singesimba
|
| Positive past conditional
|
positive subject concord + -ngalisimba
|
| Negative past conditional
|
positive subject concord + -singalisimba
|
|
| Gnomic (positive subject concord + -asimba)
|
|
|
Singular
|
Plural
|
| 1st person
|
nasimba
|
twasimba
|
| 2nd person
|
wasimba
|
mwasimba
|
| 3rd person
|
m-wa(I/II)
|
asimba
|
wasimba
|
| m-mi(III/IV)
|
wasimba
|
yasimba
|
| ji-ma(V/VI)
|
lasimba
|
yasimba
|
| ki-vi(VII/VIII)
|
chasimba
|
vyasimba
|
| n(IX/X)
|
yasimba
|
zasimba
|
| u(XI)
|
wasimba
|
see n(X) or ma(VI) class
|
| ku(XV/XVII)
|
kwasimba
|
|
| pa(XVI)
|
pasimba
|
|
| mu(XVIII)
|
mwasimba
|
|
|
| Perfect
|
positive subject concord + -mesimba
|
| "Already"
|
positive subject concord + -meshasimba
|
| "Not yet"
|
negative subject concord + -jasimba
|
| "If/When"
|
positive subject concord + -kisimba
|
| "If not"
|
positive subject concord + -siposimba
|
| Consecutive
|
kasimba / positive subject concord + -kasimba
|
| Consecutive subjunctive
|
positive subject concord + -kasimbe
|
|
| Object concord (indicative positive)
|
|
|
Singular
|
Plural
|
| 1st person
|
-nisimba
|
-tusimba
|
| 2nd person
|
-kusimba
|
-wasimba/-kusimbeni/-wasimbeni
|
| 3rd person
|
m-wa(I/II)
|
-msimba
|
-wasimba
|
| m-mi(III/IV)
|
-usimba
|
-isimba
|
| ji-ma(V/VI)
|
-lisimba
|
-yasimba
|
| ki-vi(VII/VIII)
|
-kisimba
|
-visimba
|
| n(IX/X)
|
-isimba
|
-zisimba
|
| u(XI)
|
-usimba
|
see n(X) or ma(VI) class
|
| ku(XV/XVII)
|
-kusimba
|
|
| pa(XVI)
|
-pasimba
|
|
| mu(XVIII)
|
-musimba
|
|
| Reflexive
|
-jisimba
|
|
| Relative forms
|
| General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -simba- + relative marker)
|
|
|
Singular
|
Plural
|
| m-wa(I/II)
|
-simbaye
|
-simbao
|
| m-mi(III/IV)
|
-simbao
|
-simbayo
|
| ji-ma(V/VI)
|
-simbalo
|
-simbayo
|
| ki-vi(VII/VIII)
|
-simbacho
|
-simbavyo
|
| n(IX/X)
|
-simbayo
|
-simbazo
|
| u(XI)
|
-simbao
|
see n(X) or ma(VI) class
|
| ku(XV/XVII)
|
-simbako
|
|
| pa(XVI)
|
-simbapo
|
|
| mu(XVIII)
|
-simbamo
|
|
|
| Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -simba)
|
|
|
Singular
|
Plural
|
| m-wa(I/II)
|
-yesimba
|
-osimba
|
| m-mi(III/IV)
|
-osimba
|
-yosimba
|
| ji-ma(V/VI)
|
-losimba
|
-yosimba
|
| ki-vi(VII/VIII)
|
-chosimba
|
-vyosimba
|
| n(IX/X)
|
-yosimba
|
-zosimba
|
| u(XI)
|
-osimba
|
see n(X) or ma(VI) class
|
| ku(XV/XVII)
|
-kosimba
|
|
| pa(XVI)
|
-posimba
|
|
| mu(XVIII)
|
-mosimba
|
|
|
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| Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.
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Derived terms
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Malay sembah, possibly from Javanese ꦱꦼꦩ꧀ꦧꦃ (sembah), from Old Javanese sĕmbah, possibly from Old Khmer saṃbaḥ ~ sambaḥ (whence Khmer សំពះ (sɑmpĕəh)). Compare Central Bikol simba, Cebuano simba, and Waray-Waray singba. Doublet of samba.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog)
- IPA(key): /simˈba/ [sɪmˈba]
- IPA(key): (nonstandard) /ˈsimba/ [ˈsim.bɐ]
- Syllabification: sim‧ba
Noun
simbá or simba (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜋ᜔ᜊ)
- going to church (to pray, attend service, etc.)
- attending of Mass
- Synonyms: pagsimba, pagsisimba
Derived terms
Further reading
- “simba”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
- Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) loan “worship”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI