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kemba
kemba
See also: ke-mbá
Faroese
Verb
kemba (third person singular past indicative kembdi, third person plural past indicative kembt, supine kembt)
- to comb
Conjugation
| v-1 | ||||
| infinitive | kemba | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | kembandi | |||
| past participle a7 | kembdur | |||
| supine | kembt | |||
| number | singular | plural | ||
| person | first | second | third | all |
| indicative | eg | tú | hann/hon/tað | vit, tit, teir/tær/tey, tygum |
| present | kembi | kembir | kembir | kemba |
| past | kembdi | kembdi | kembdi | kembdu |
| imperative | – | tú | – | tit |
| present | — | kemb! | — | kembið! |
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse kemba, from Proto-Germanic *kambijaną (from the Germanic root of kambur).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈcʰɛmpa]
- Rhymes: -ɛmpa
Verb
kemba (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative kembdi, supine kembt)
- (transitive, governs the accusative) to comb syn.
- Stelpan kemdi síða hárið sitt.
- The girl combed her long hair.
- Stelpan kemdi síða hárið sitt.
- (transitive, governs the accusative, computer science) to debug; (to search for and eliminate malfunctioning elements or errors in something, especially a computer program or machinery) syn.
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Usage notes
- This term in the sense of combing is used less than greiða, which may be considered the most usual term for combing.
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *kambijaną (itself from the Germanic root of kambr, Proto-Germanic *kambaz), whence also Old English cemban (English kemb), Old High German kemben, chempan (German kämmen)
Verb
kemba
- to comb
Descendants
References
- kemba in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press