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nambas

nambas is the plural of namba.

Meaning of namba

Noun

namba (plural nambas)

  1. A penis sheath worn by tribesmen in parts of the Pacific.

Noun

nambas

  1. Synonym of namba (“tribal penis sheath”).
    • For, once they are accustomed to it, men everywhere wear the nambas, even retaining under their European trousers a strap to press the penis to the body.1999, Felix Speiser, Ethnology of Vanuatu, page 178
    Synonyms:
    namba

Synonyms of nambas

Phrases with nambas

Questions about nambas

What does nambas mean?
Nambas means synonym of namba (“tribal penis sheath”).
What is nambas the plural of?
Nambas is the plural of namba.
What part of speech is nambas?
Nambas is a noun.

Words near nambas in the dictionary

  1. namazis
  2. namazlik
  3. namazliks
  4. namba
  5. Nambaran
  6. nambas
  7. Nambe
  8. Nambeadarim
  9. Nambiar
  10. Nambiars
  11. Nambicuara

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Adapted from Wiktionary: nambas (page history and authors); namba (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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