memba
English
Verb
memba (third-person singular simple present membas, present participle membaing, simple past and past participle memba'd)
- (slang) remember
- Memba me?
Belizean Creole
References
- Crosbie, Paul, ed. (2007), Kriol-Inglish Dikshineri: English-Kriol Dictionary. Belize City: Belize Kriol Project, p. 228.
Jamaican Creole
Etymology
Derived from English remember. Compare Belizean Creole memba.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmemba/
Verb
memba
- to remember
- 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Iibruu 13:3:
- Unu fi memba di piipl dem we iina prizn, laik se unu iin de wid dem. An memba di piipl dem we a sofa tu, laik se a unu a sofa an a fiil di pien we dem a fiil
- Continue to remember those in prison as if you were together with them in prison, and [remember] those who are mistreated as if you yourselves were suffering
Further reading
- memba at JamaicanPatwah.com
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish منبع (memba, menba), from Arabic مَنْبَع (manbaʕ, “spring, source”).
Synonyms
Further reading
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “memba”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
Yoke
Synonyms
References
- Cornelis L. Voorhoeve, Languages of Irian Jaya Checklist (1975, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics), page 122
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