zamba

Asturian

Adjective

zamba

1. feminine singular of zambu

Chichewa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈza.ᵐba/

Noun

zamba class 1a (plural azamba class 2)

1. midwife

Hausa

Etymology

From Arabic ذَنْب (ḏanb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zàm.bá/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [zàm.bə́]

Noun

zàmba f (plural zàmbàce-zàmbàce, possessed form zàmbar̃)

1. fraud, deceit

Lingala

Noun

zamba

1. forest, bush

Spanish

Etymology

From zambo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈθamba/ [ˈθãm.ba]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈsamba/ [ˈsãm.ba]
• Rhymes: -amba
• Syllabification: zam‧ba

Noun

zamba f (plural zambas)

1. (dance) traditional dance of Argentina

Noun

zamba f (plural zambas)

1. female equivalent of zambo

Adjective

zamba

1. feminine singular of zambo

Further reading

• “zamba”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10