mamba

See also: Mamba

English
a green mamba, Dendroaspis viridis

Etymology

From Zulu imamba.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑm.bɑ/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)

Noun

mamba (plural mambas)

  1. Any of various venomous snakes of the genus Dendroaspis, native to Africa, that live in trees.

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

Anagrams

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Zulu imamba.

Pronunciation

Noun

mamba f (plural mambes)

  1. mamba (venomous snake)

Further reading

Chichewa

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈma.ᵐba/

Noun

mamba class 6

  1. scale(s) (of a fish or snake)

Etymology 2

Cognate to Zulu imamba.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmá.ᵐba/

Noun

mámba class 9 (plural mámba class 10)

  1. spitting cobra

Czech

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈmamba]

Noun

mamba f

  1. mamba

Declension
Declension of mamba (hard feminine reducible)
singular plural
nominative mamba mamby
genitive mamby mamb
dative mambě mambám
accusative mambu mamby
vocative mambo mamby
locative mambě mambách
instrumental mambou mambami

Further reading
  • mamba in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
  • mamba in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz

Dutch

Etymology

Probably borrowed from English mamba or Afrikaans mamba, from Zulu imamba or Swazi mamba.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑm.baː/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: mam‧ba
  • Rhymes: -ɑmbaː

Noun

mamba m (plural mamba's)

  1. A mamba, venomous snake of the genus Dendroaspis.

Derived terms
  • groene mamba
  • zwarte mamba

Finnish

Etymology

From English mamba, from Zulu imamba.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑmbɑ/, [ˈmɑ̝mbɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -ɑmbɑ
  • Syllabification(key): mam‧ba

Noun

mamba

  1. mamba

Declension
Inflection of mamba (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative mamba mambat
genitive mamban mambojen
partitive mambaa mamboja
illative mambaan mamboihin
singular plural
nominative mamba mambat
accusative nom. mamba mambat
gen. mamban
genitive mamban mambojen
mambainrare
partitive mambaa mamboja
inessive mambassa mamboissa
elative mambasta mamboista
illative mambaan mamboihin
adessive mamballa mamboilla
ablative mambalta mamboilta
allative mamballe mamboille
essive mambana mamboina
translative mambaksi mamboiksi
abessive mambatta mamboitta
instructive — mamboin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of mamba (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative mambani mambani
accusative nom. mambani mambani
gen. mambani
genitive mambani mambojeni
mambainirare
partitive mambaani mambojani
inessive mambassani mamboissani
elative mambastani mamboistani
illative mambaani mamboihini
adessive mamballani mamboillani
ablative mambaltani mamboiltani
allative mamballeni mamboilleni
essive mambanani mamboinani
translative mambakseni mamboikseni
abessive mambattani mamboittani
instructive — —
comitative — mamboineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative mambasi mambasi
accusative nom. mambasi mambasi
gen. mambasi
genitive mambasi mambojesi
mambaisirare
partitive mambaasi mambojasi
inessive mambassasi mamboissasi
elative mambastasi mamboistasi
illative mambaasi mamboihisi
adessive mamballasi mamboillasi
ablative mambaltasi mamboiltasi
allative mamballesi mamboillesi
essive mambanasi mamboinasi
translative mambaksesi mamboiksesi
abessive mambattasi mamboittasi
instructive — —
comitative — mamboinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative mambamme mambamme
accusative nom. mambamme mambamme
gen. mambamme
genitive mambamme mambojemme
mambaimmerare
partitive mambaamme mambojamme
inessive mambassamme mamboissamme
elative mambastamme mamboistamme
illative mambaamme mamboihimme
adessive mamballamme mamboillamme
ablative mambaltamme mamboiltamme
allative mamballemme mamboillemme
essive mambanamme mamboinamme
translative mambaksemme mamboiksemme
abessive mambattamme mamboittamme
instructive — —
comitative — mamboinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative mambanne mambanne
accusative nom. mambanne mambanne
gen. mambanne
genitive mambanne mambojenne
mambainnerare
partitive mambaanne mambojanne
inessive mambassanne mamboissanne
elative mambastanne mamboistanne
illative mambaanne mamboihinne
adessive mamballanne mamboillanne
ablative mambaltanne mamboiltanne
allative mamballenne mamboillenne
essive mambananne mamboinanne
translative mambaksenne mamboiksenne
abessive mambattanne mamboittanne
instructive — —
comitative — mamboinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative mambansa mambansa
accusative nom. mambansa mambansa
gen. mambansa
genitive mambansa mambojensa
mambainsarare
partitive mambaansa mambojaan
mambojansa
inessive mambassaan
mambassansa		 mamboissaan
mamboissansa
elative mambastaan
mambastansa		 mamboistaan
mamboistansa
illative mambaansa mamboihinsa
adessive mamballaan
mamballansa		 mamboillaan
mamboillansa
ablative mambaltaan
mambaltansa		 mamboiltaan
mamboiltansa
allative mamballeen
mamballensa		 mamboilleen
mamboillensa
essive mambanaan
mambanansa		 mamboinaan
mamboinansa
translative mambakseen
mambaksensa		 mamboikseen
mamboiksensa
abessive mambattaan
mambattansa		 mamboittaan
mamboittansa
instructive — —
comitative — mamboineen
mamboinensa

Derived terms
compounds

Further reading

French

Noun

mamba m (plural mambas)

  1. mamba

Derived terms

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English mamba, from Zulu imamba.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmam.ba/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -amba
  • Syllabification: mam‧ba

Noun

mamba f

  1. mamba (venomous snake)

Declension
Declension of mamba
singular plural
nominative mamba mamby
genitive mamby mamb
dative mambie mambom
accusative mambę mamby
instrumental mambą mambami
locative mambie mambach
vocative mambo mamby

Further reading
  • mamba in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • mamba in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmɐ̃.bɐ/

  • Rhymes: -ɐ̃bɐ
  • Hyphenation: mam‧ba

Noun

mamba f (plural mambas)

  1. mamba (venomous snake of the genus Dendroaspis)

Spanish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmamba/ [ˈmãm.ba]
  • Rhymes: -amba
  • Syllabification: mam‧ba

Noun

mamba f (plural mambas)

  1. mamba

Further reading

Swahili
mamba

Pronunciation
  • Audio (Kenya)(file)

Noun

mamba (n class, plural mamba)

  1. crocodile (reptile)
    Synonym: (dialectal) ngwena
  2. black mamba

Swazi

Etymology

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Noun

mamba class 1a (plural bómamba class 2a)

  1. mamba snake

Inflection

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