simba

See also: Simba, şimbä, and sɨmba

Cebuano

Etymology

Etymology tree

Old Khmer saṃvaḥbor.?

Old Javanese sĕmbah

Javanese sembahbor.?

Malay sembahbor.

Cebuano simba

Borrowed from Malay sembah.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: sim‧ba
• IPA^(key): /ˈsimba/ [ˈs̪im.ba]

Verb

simba (Badlit spelling ᜐᜒᜋ᜔ᜊ)

1. to adore
2. to go to church
3. to attend church services

Noun

simba (Badlit spelling ᜐᜒᜋ᜔ᜊ)

1. an instance of going to church or attending church services

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:simba.

Derived terms

• simbahan
• simbako

Central Bikol

Etymology

Etymology tree

Old Khmer saṃvaḥbor.?

Old Javanese sĕmbah

Javanese sembahbor.?

Malay sembahbor.

Central Bikol simba

Borrowed from Malay sembah.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /simˈba/ [simˈba]
• Hyphenation: sim‧ba

Noun

simbá (Basahan spelling ᜐᜒᜋ᜔ᜊ)

1. act of going to church, attending church services

Derived terms

• magsimba
• simbahan

Related terms

• samba

Kabwa

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-cɪ̀mba (“to dig”).

Verb

-simba

1. to dig

Derived terms

• -simbura (“to dig out”)
• omusimbi (“digger, miner”)

References

• “simba” in Webonary.org

Kituba

Verb

simba

1. to hold
2. to catch

Kongo

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *ncímbá.

Noun

simba

1. lion

   Synonym: nkosi

Etymology 2

Verb

simba

1. to hold
2. to catch

Lingala

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Kongo simba.

Noun

simba

1. lion

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Kongo simba.

Verb

-simba (infinitive kosimba)

1. to touch
2. to hold
3. to catch

Ngombe (Congo)

Noun

simba

1. 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)

1. be strong
2. be powerful

Noun

simbá class 5 (plural masimbá class 6)

1. strength
2. power, authority

Related terms

• simbi (“iron”)

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)

1. genet

Alternative forms

• tsimba

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsimba/ [ˈsĩm.ba]
• Rhymes: -imba
• Syllabification: sim‧ba

Etymology 1

Adjective

simba m or f (masculine and feminine plural simbas)

1. Simba

Noun

simba m (uncountable)

1. Simba (language)

Etymology 2

Verb

simba

1. inflection of simbar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Swahili

simba wa Kenya

Pronunciation

• (Unguja standard) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.ᵐbɑ/

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

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)

1. lion

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

-simba (infinitive kusimba)

1. to code (to put something in language)
2. 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
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Conversive: -simbua

• Nominal derivations:
  • msimbo (“code”)
  • usimbaji (“encoding”)

Tagalog

Etymology

Etymology tree

Old Khmer saṃvaḥbor.?

Old Javanese sĕmbah

Javanese sembahbor.?

Malay sembahbor.

Tagalog simba

Borrowed from Malay sembah, possibly borrowed from Old Khmer saṃvaḥ or Javanese sembah. Compare Central Bikol simba, Cebuano simba, and Waray-Waray singba. Doublet of samba.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /simˈba/ [sɪmˈba]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: sim‧ba

Noun

simbá (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜋ᜔ᜊ)

1. going to church (to pray, attend service, etc.)
2. attending of Mass

   Synonyms: pagsimba, pagsisimba

Derived terms

• inang simbahan
• magsimba
• pagsimba
• pagsisimba
• palasimba
• simbahan
• Simbang Gabi
• sumimba

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