Kamba

See also: kamba and kambá

English

Etymology 1

Noun

Kamba pl (plural only)

1. a Bantu people of Kenya.

Translations

a Bantu people of Kenya

• Russian: ка́мба (kámba)
• Swahili: Wakamba

Proper noun

Kamba

1. the language of this people.
2. an extinct language of Brazil.

Translations

the language of this people

• Russian: ка́мба (kámba), кика́мба (kikámba)

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Further reading

• Ethnologue entry for Kamba, kam ⁠
• Ethnologue entry for Kamba, xba ⁠

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Tibetan གམ་པ (gam pa).

Proper noun

Kamba

1. A county of Shigatse, Tibet Autonomous Region, China.
   • [1965 October 4 [1965 October 2], “Kangpa County Rally”, in Daily Report: Foreign Radio Broadcasts, number 191, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Lhasa Domestic Service, translation of original in Mandarin, →OCLC, Communist China: International Affairs, page BBB 2:

     People of all walks of life and various nationalities in Kangpa county along the China-Sikkim border at their rally yesterday marking national day indignantly condemned the Indian aggressors for the crimes of conducting a series of harassing and sabotaging activities in the border area, kidnaping the Chinese border inhabitants, robbing the Chinese of their cows and sheep, and openly firing on the Chinese people in the area.
     (Tan Chia--all bracketed names phonetic), a 62-year-old woman of (Yu Lu) village exposed the crime of the kidnaping of her daughter (Ka Ti) and the snatching away of a number of hogs from Kangpa county by Indian troops on 29 May this year.]

   • 2022 July 20, Laura Zhou, “China-India border: Beijing’s new highway plans near disputed territory expected to spark concern in Delhi”, in South China Morning Post‎^[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 20 July 2022, China / Diplomacy‎^[2]:

     Under the plan released last week, the highway known as G695 is expected to run through southern Tibet’s Cona county – which lies immediately north of the disputed India-Tibet border demarcated by the Line of Actual Control (LAC) – Kamba county, host of a noted military camp, and Gyirong county near the border with Nepal.

   • 2022 July 21, “China to build second highway through Aksai Chin, claimed by India as part of Ladakh”, in Tibetan Review‎^[3], archived from the original on 21 July 2022‎^[4]:

     Under the plan released last week, the highway known as G695 will run through southern Tibet’s Cona (Tibetan: Tsona) county – which lies immediately north of the disputed India-Tibet border demarcated by the Line of Actual Control (LAC) – Kamba county, host of a noted military camp, and Gyirong county near the border with Nepal.

Translations

county

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 康巴 (zh) (Kāngbā)

• Tibetan: གམ་པ (gam pa)

Anagrams

• kabam