tembo

See also: Tembo

Paraguayan Guarani

Pronunciation

/te 'mbo/ (dep. /ɾe 'mbo/; poss. /he 'mbo/ or /xe 'mbo/)

  • Rhymes: -o

Noun

tembo (dependent form rembo, third-person possessed form hembo)

  1. penis

References

  • Canese, Natalia Krivoshein de; Alcaraz, Feliciano Acosta (2016), “tembo”, in Ñe’ẽryru [Dictionary] (overall work in Spanish), Asunción: Instituto Superior de Lenguas, →ISBN, page 107, column 1

Swahili

Alternative forms

  • (elephant) t'embo

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *ntémbó (“elephant”).

Noun

tembo class IX (plural tembo class X)

  1. (coast region) elephant
Synonyms

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

tembo class IX (plural tembo class X)

  1. palm wine

Zou

Noun

tembo

  1. ship

References

  • Chungkham Yashawanta Singh; Lukram Himmat (2013), A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University
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