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tsamba

English

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A bowl of tsampa

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Tibetan རྩམ་པ (rtsam pa).

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Noun

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tsamba (uncountable)

  1. A form of porridge made from roasted barley in Tibet.
    Coordinate term: gofio
    • 1928, Evariste Régis Huc, Joseph Gabet, Travels in Tartary, Thibet and China, 1844–1846, Psychology Press, published 2005, →ISBN, page 115:
      They bear to the contemplative Lamas their modest offerings of butter, tea and tsamba, and receive in exchange benedictions and prayers for good pasturage and prosperous flocks.

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Chichewa

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Noun

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tsamba class 5 (plural masamba class 6)

  1. (botany) leaf
  2. leaf, page (of a book)
  3. (in the plural) greens, vegetables

Franco-Provençal

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  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡sãmba] (Aosta)

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tsamba (Beaujolais, Comtois, Valdôtain)

  1. Alternative form of chamba (“leg”)

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Swazi

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Verb

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-tsámba

  1. to dance (by woman)

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Tagalog

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish chamba (“fluke”).

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tsamba (Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜐᜋ᜔ᜊ)

  1. fluke; pure chance

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Further reading

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  • “tsamba”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

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