simba

See also: Simba and şimbä

Bikol Central

Etymology

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

 

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay sembah.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

simba

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

Noun

simba

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

Derived terms

• simbahan
• simbako

 

Quotations

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

Kituba

Verb

simba

1. to hold
2. to catch

Kongo

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Bantu *ncímbá (“lion”).

Noun

simba

1. lion

   Synonym: nkosi

Lingala

Verb

simba

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

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

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *ncímbá. Cognate with Nyamwezi nshimba, Umbundu simbe, Venda tsimba, Zulu insimba. However, Sanskrit सिंह (siṃha) is a false cognate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsi.ᵐbɑ/

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

Noun

simba (n class, plural simba)

1. lion

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 Bikol Central simba, Cebuano simba, and Waray-Waray singba. Doublet of samba.

Pronunciation

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

    • Audio:

      (file)

    • Rhymes: -a
  • IPA^(key): (nonstandard) /ˈsimba/ [ˈsim.bɐ]
    • Rhymes: -imba
• Syllabification: sim‧ba

Noun

simbá or simba (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜋ᜔ᜊ)

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

   Synonyms: pagsimba, pagsisimba

Derived terms

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

 

Further reading

• “simba”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) loan “worship”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI