tiba

See also: tibà and tì bà

Catalan

Verb

tiba

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

Fula

Noun

tiba o (plural tibaaji) (Pulaar)

1. roof
2. one-room house

References

• M. Niang, Pulaar-English English-Pulaar Standard Dictionary, New York: Hippocrene Books, 1997.

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay tiba.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈtiba/ [ˈt̪i.ba]
• Rhymes: -iba
• Syllabification: ti‧ba

Verb

tiba (intransitive)

1. synonym of datang (“to arrive; to come”)

Derived terms

• ketibaan
• setibanya
• tiba-tiba

 

Javanese

Etymology

From Old Javanese tiba.

Verb

tiba

1. to fall

Malay

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtiba]

• Audio:

  (file)

Verb

tiba (Jawi spelling تيبا)

1. to arrive, to reach
2. to come (of time)

Derived terms

• ketibaan
• setibanya
• tiba-tiba

Further reading

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

Old Javanese

Verb

tiba

1. to fall

Swahili

Etymology

From Arabic طِبّ (ṭibb, “medicine”).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

Noun

tiba (n class, plural tiba)

1. medical treatment

Related terms

• -tibu (“to treat, cure, heal”)

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈti.ba]

Verb

tiba

1. (transitive) to think over, contemplate

Conjugation

Conjugation of tiba
	Singular	Plural
	Inclusive	Exclusive
1st	totiba	fotiba	mitiba
2nd	notiba	nitiba
3rd	Masculine	otiba	itiba, yotiba†
Feminine	motiba
Neuter	itiba
† - archaic

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh