amba: translation
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[Swahili Word] amba-
[English Word] wh-
[Part of Speech] prefix
[Swahili Example] Unakumbuka mahali ambapo uliwaona?
[English Example] Do you remember the place where you saw them?
[Note] amba + determinative suffix
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[Swahili Word] amba-
[English Word] which
[Part of Speech] pronoun
[Note] amba + determinative suffix
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[Swahili Word] amba
[English Word] who
[Part of Speech] pronoun
[Swahili Example] wale ambao wamekwenda
[English Example] those who have gone
[Note] amba + determinative suffix
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[Swahili Word] amba-
[English Word] that
[Part of Speech] pronoun
[Swahili Example] Hiki ni kitabu ambacho umekisoma?
[English Example] Is this the book that you've read?
[Note] amba + determinative suffix
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[Swahili Word] -amba
[English Word] speak
[Part of Speech] verb
[Class] intransitive
[Dialect] archaic
[Related Words] ambia, kigambo, jigamba, mgambo
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[Swahili Word] -amba
[English Word] say
[Part of Speech] verb
[Class] intransitive
[Dialect] archaic
[Related Words] ambia, kigambo, jigamba, mgambo
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[Swahili Word] -amba
[English Word] talk
[Part of Speech] verb
[Class] intransitive
[Related Words] jigamba, mgambo
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[Swahili Word] -amba
[English Word] explain
[Part of Speech] verb
[Class] intransitive
[Related Words] ambia, kigambo, mgambo
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[Swahili Word] -amba
[English Word] speak ill of someone
[Part of Speech] verb
[Related Words] kigambo, mwambaji
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[Swahili Word] -amba
[English Word] slander
[Part of Speech] verb
[Class] transitive
[Related Words] kigambo, jigamba, mwambaji
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[Swahili Word] -amba
[English Word] abuse
[Part of Speech] verb
[Related Words] mwambaji
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[Swahili Word] -amba mtu
[English Word] talk behind someone's back
[Part of Speech] verb
[Class] transitive
[Related Words] kigambo, mtu, mwambaji
[Swahili Example] walimwamba ndugu yao wakati aliondoka na mamake
[English Example] they talked about their comrade behind her back when she left with her mother
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[Swahili Word] -amba
[English Word] be in contact
[Part of Speech] verb
[Related Words] ambata, ambo, ambua, ambukizo, chamba, chambo, cahambua, gamba, ngambi, uambukizo, wamba, wambiso
[Note] rare
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[Swahili Word] -amba
[English Word] stick together
[Part of Speech] verb
[Related Words] ambata, ambo, ambua, ambukizo, chamba, chambo, cahambua, gamba, ngambi, uambukizo, wamba, wambiso
[Note] rare
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[Swahili Word] -amba
[English Word] adhere
[Part of Speech] verb
[Class] intransitive
[Related Words] ambata, ambo, ambua, ambukizo, chamba, chambo, cahambua, gamba, ngambi, uambukizo, wamba, wambiso
[Note] rare
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