jambi
See also: Jambi
Finnish
Etymology
Ultimately from Ancient Greek ἴαμβος (íambos).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈjɑmbi/, [ˈjɑ̝mbi]
- Rhymes: -ɑmbi
- Syllabification(key): jam‧bi
Declension
| Inflection of jambi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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| nominative | jambi | jambit | ||
| genitive | jambin | jambien | ||
| partitive | jambia | jambeja | ||
| illative | jambiin | jambeihin | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | jambi | jambit | ||
| accusative | nom. | jambi | jambit | |
| gen. | jambin | |||
| genitive | jambin | jambien | ||
| partitive | jambia | jambeja | ||
| inessive | jambissa | jambeissa | ||
| elative | jambista | jambeista | ||
| illative | jambiin | jambeihin | ||
| adessive | jambilla | jambeilla | ||
| ablative | jambilta | jambeilta | ||
| allative | jambille | jambeille | ||
| essive | jambina | jambeina | ||
| translative | jambiksi | jambeiksi | ||
| abessive | jambitta | jambeitta | ||
| instructive | — | jambein | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
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Further reading
- “jambi”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
Maltese
Etymology
In all likelihood from a contraction of jagħmel bi, from the imperfect tense of Arabic عَمِلَ بِ (ʕamila bi, “to do with”), as in “What are you going to do with that?” Similar contractions compare in jaf (“to know”) and ġab (“to bring”). Another theory derives it from Arabic أَبَّ (ʔabba, “to wish, desire”), but this is less likely both phonetically and semantically.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈjam.bɪ/
Verb
jambi (imperfect only)
- (in certain constructions, always with x’) to need, to use for some purpose
- Synonym: għandu bżonn
- Dan il-ktieb x’jambuh?
- What do they need this book for?
- M’għandix x’nambi iktar.
- There’s nothing else I need.
Conjugation
- The verb is defective and has no perfect forms. The perfect tense can be expressed with kien + imperfect, though this is rare.
| Conjugation of jambi | ||||||||
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| singular | plural | |||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
| perfect | m | kont nambi | kont tambi | kien jambi | konna nambu | kontu tambu | kienu jambu | |
| f | kienet tambi | |||||||
| imperfect | m | nambi | tambi | jambi | nambu | tambu | jambu | |
| f | tambi | |||||||
| imperative | — | — | ||||||
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