IPA (key ) : [ˈkʊm.ba]
Hyphenation: kum‧ba
From Sanskrit कुम्भ ( kumbha , “ jar, pitcher ” ) , from Proto-Indo-Aryan *kʰumbʰás , from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kʰumbʰás . Doublet of kom .
kumba (first-person possessive kumbaku , second-person possessive kumbamu , third-person possessive kumbanya )
waterpot .
Synonyms: belanga , buyung
( astrology , astronomy ) The sign of the zodiac Aquarius .
From Sanskrit कुम्ब ( kúmba , “ thick end of bone ” ) or कुम्भ ( kumbha , “ jar, pitcher ” ) .
kumba
the frontal globe or prominence on the upper part of the forehead of an elephant (there are two of these prominences which swell in the rutting season).
-kumba (infinitive kukumba )
to shove , to push
Conjugation of -kumba
Positive present
-na kumba
Subjunctive
-kumbe
Negative
-kumbi
Imperative singular
kumba
Infinitives
Imperatives
Tensed forms
Habitual
hukumba
Positive past
positive subject concord + -li kumba
Negative past
negative subject concord + -ku kumba
Positive present (positive subject concord + -na kumba)
Singular
Plural
1st person
ni nakumba/na kumba
tu nakumba
2nd person
u nakumba
m nakumba
3rd person
m-wa(I/II)
a nakumba
wa nakumba
other classes
positive subject concord + -na kumba
Negative present (negative subject concord + -kumbi )
Singular
Plural
1st person
si kumbi
hatu kumbi
2nd person
hu kumbi
ham kumbi
3rd person
m-wa(I/II)
ha kumbi
hawa kumbi
other classes
negative subject concord + -kumbi
Positive future
positive subject concord + -ta kumba
Negative future
negative subject concord + -ta kumba
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -kumbe )
Singular
Plural
1st person
ni kumbe
tu kumbe
2nd person
u kumbe
m kumbe
3rd person
m-wa(I/II)
a kumbe
wa kumbe
other classes
positive subject concord + -kumbe
Negative subjunctive
positive subject concord + -si kumbe
Positive present conditional
positive subject concord + -nge kumba
Negative present conditional
positive subject concord + -singe kumba
Positive past conditional
positive subject concord + -ngali kumba
Negative past conditional
positive subject concord + -singali kumba
Perfect
positive subject concord + -me kumba
"Already"
positive subject concord + -mesha kumba
"Not yet"
negative subject concord + -ja kumba
"If/When"
positive subject concord + -ki kumba
"If not"
positive subject concord + -sipo kumba
Consecutive
kakumba / positive subject concord + -ka kumba
Consecutive subjunctive
positive subject concord + -ka kumbe
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.