tembo

See also: Tembo

Paraguayan Guarani

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /temo/, [tẽˈᵐbo]
• 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):

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Etymology 1

tembo wa Kenya analala

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

Noun

tembo class IX (plural tembo class X)

1. (coast region) elephant

Synonyms

• ndovu

Etymology 2

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Noun

tembo class IX (plural tembo class X)

1. palm wine