zamba
Chichewa
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈza.ᵐba/
Noun
zamba class 1a (plural azamba class 2)
- midwife
Hausa
Etymology
From Arabic ذَنْب (ḏanb).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zàm.bá/
- (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [zàm.bə́]
Noun
zàmba f (plural zàmbàce-zàmbàce, possessed form zàmbar̃)
- fraud, deceit
Spanish
Etymology
From zambo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈθamba/ [ˈθãm.ba]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /ˈsamba/ [ˈsãm.ba]
- Rhymes: -amba
- Syllabification: zam‧ba
Noun
zamba f (plural zambas)
- (dance) Traditional dance of Argentina
Noun
zamba f (plural zambas)
- female equivalent of zambo
Adjective
zamba
- feminine singular of zambo
Further reading
- “zamba”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014