bembe
See also: bembé
English
Noun
bembe (plural bembes)
- Alternative spelling of bemba.
Anagrams
Makasar
Etymology
Onomatopoeic. Compare Sundanese embé, Buginese bembe'.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbembe/, [ˈɓɛ̃m.bɛ]
- Hyphenation: bem‧be
Noun
bembe (Lontara spelling ᨅᨙᨅᨙ)
- goat (animal)
Compounds
- bembe gana
- bembe laki
Further reading
- A. A. Cense (2024), Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek[1], Brill,
Spanish
Noun
bembe m (plural bembes)
- (Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic) alternative form of bemba
Further reading
- “bembe”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
Tagalog
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈbembeʔ/ [ˈbɛm.bɛʔ]
- Rhymes: -embeʔ
- Syllabification: bem‧be
Noun
bembè (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜋ᜔ᜊᜒ)
- alternative form of baimbi