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Meaning : Come by here.

Direct translation: Come by you.

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This is a word that "can" be spelled in many different ways.

combayah, kombaya, coombayah, combiyah, kum ba yah, cumbayah, kumbayah etc.

The origin of the word is most likely from a mix of African and English.

A so called "Pidgin" or "Creole" which is a combination of languages.

If we take one of the words and analyze it, lets start with yours: coombiya.

Lets break it up a bit. It naturally actually forms three words. Coom Bi Ya

Further thinking about it, it actually make sense: Come By You.

The grammar as of such is not the best if we think about the song text "Oh my lord kumbaya".

Further analyzing:

Come By You---could be: Come Here You. (The song text get better but still lack something).

Come By Here. Wow. this must be it.

One thing we need to know when actually dealing with a "different" language is that not everything can be directly translated. A direct translation can have a different meaning, although mostly pretty close.

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