lumba

See also: lúmbâ

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: lum‧ba

Verb

lumba

1. to race

Noun

lumba

1. a race; a contest between people, animals, vehicles, etc. where the goal is to be the first to reach some objective

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *lumbaʔ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [lum.bä], [lum.bə]
• Rhymes: -a

Noun

lumba (Jawi spelling لومبا, plural lumba-lumba, informal 1st possessive lumbaku, 2nd possessive lumbamu, 3rd possessive lumbanya)

1. race (racing).

   Lumba lari

   Running race

Descendants

• Indonesian: lomba

Further reading

• “lumba” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Swazi

Verb

-lumba

1. to practice witchcraft
2. to make, to invent to do wonders

Inflection

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Tagalog

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /lumˈba/ [lʊmˈba]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: lum‧ba

Noun

lumbá (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜋ᜔ᜊ)

1. persistent effort

   Synonyms: punyagi, lukanot, pagpupumilit

2. drawing of water (by chain pump or by drawing well)

Derived terms

• lumba-lumba
• paglumba
• panlulumba

 

See also

• pagnonorya

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /lumˈbaʔ/ [lʊmˈbaʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: lum‧ba

Noun

lumbâ (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜋ᜔ᜊ)

1. blacktip reef shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus)
2. gallop of a horse