beba

beba

1. inflection of beber:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

beba

1. inflection of beber:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Onomatopoeic.

• IPA^(key): /běːba/
• Hyphenation: be‧ba

béba f (Cyrillic spelling бе́ба)

1. baby

• “beba”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

• IPA^(key): /ˈbeba/ [ˈbe.β̞a]
• Rhymes: -eba
• Syllabification: be‧ba

beba f (plural bebas)

1. female equivalent of bebo

beba

1. inflection of beber:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

From Proto-Bantu [Term?].

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

-beba (infinitive kubeba)

1. to transport, carry
2. (Congolese Swahili, Maniema, Lubumbashi) to take

Conjugation of -beba
Positive present -nabeba Subjunctive -bebe Negative -bebi Imperative singular beba
Infinitives
Positive kubeba Negative kutobeba
Imperatives
Singular beba Plural bebeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hubeba Positive past positive subject concord + -libeba Negative past negative subject concord + -kubeba
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nabeba) Singular Plural 1st person ninabeba/nabeba tunabeba 2nd person unabeba mnabeba 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anabeba wanabeba other classes positive subject concord + -nabeba
Negative present (negative subject concord + -bebi) Singular Plural 1st person sibebi hatubebi 2nd person hubebi hambebi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) habebi hawabebi other classes negative subject concord + -bebi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tabeba Negative future negative subject concord + -tabeba
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -bebe) Singular Plural 1st person nibebe tubebe 2nd person ubebe mbebe 3rd person m-wa(I/II) abebe wabebe other classes positive subject concord + -bebe
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sibebe Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngebeba Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singebeba Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalibeba Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalibeba
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -abeba) Singular Plural 1st person nabeba twabeba 2nd person wabeba mwabeba 3rd person m-wa(I/II) abeba wabeba m-mi(III/IV) wabeba yabeba ji-ma(V/VI) labeba yabeba ki-vi(VII/VIII) chabeba vyabeba n(IX/X) yabeba zabeba u(XI) wabeba see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwabeba pa(XVI) pabeba mu(XVIII) mwabeba
Perfect positive subject concord + -mebeba "Already" positive subject concord + -meshabeba "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jabeba "If/When" positive subject concord + -kibeba "If not" positive subject concord + -sipobeba Consecutive kabeba / positive subject concord + -kabeba Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kabebe
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nibeba -tubeba 2nd person -kubeba -wabeba/-kubebeni/-wabebeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mbeba -wabeba m-mi(III/IV) -ubeba -ibeba ji-ma(V/VI) -libeba -yabeba ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kibeba -vibeba n(IX/X) -ibeba -zibeba u(XI) -ubeba see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kubeba pa(XVI) -pabeba mu(XVIII) -mubeba Reflexive -jibeba
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -beba- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -bebaye -bebao m-mi(III/IV) -bebao -bebayo ji-ma(V/VI) -bebalo -bebayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -bebacho -bebavyo n(IX/X) -bebayo -bebazo u(XI) -bebao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -bebako pa(XVI) -bebapo mu(XVIII) -bebamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -beba) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yebeba -obeba m-mi(III/IV) -obeba -yobeba ji-ma(V/VI) -lobeba -yobeba ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chobeba -vyobeba n(IX/X) -yobeba -zobeba u(XI) -obeba see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kobeba pa(XVI) -pobeba mu(XVIII) -mobeba
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

• Verbal derivations:
  • Passive: -bebwa (“to be carried”)
  • Reciprocal: -bebana (“to carry for each other”)

beba

1. to bear

• mubebi (“parent”)

• pépà

Borrowed from English paper.

• IPA^(key): /bé.bà/

bébà

1. paper

   Synonyms: ìwé, tákàdá