ensimbi

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *ncímbɪ́ (“iron; cowry”).

• IPA^(key): /ensíːmbi/
• Hyphenation: e‧nsi‧mbi

ensimbi (class III, plural ensimbi, base state nsimbi, plural base state nsimbi)

1. cowrie shell
2. money, cash

• Snoxall, R. A. (1967), Luganda-English Dictionary - with an Introduction on the Tonal System, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 256
• Murphy, John D. (1972), Luganda-English Dictionary, United States: The Catholic University of America Press, →ISBN, page 446
• Entry 617 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *ncímbɪ́ (“iron; cowry”).

• IPA^(key): /ensíːmbi/
• Rhymes: -íːmbi
• Hyphenation: e‧nsi‧mbi

ensimbi class 9 (plural ensimbi class 10, augmentless nsimbi, plural augmentless nsimbi)

1. cowrie shell
2. money, cash

   Synonym: sente

• Kaji, Shigeki (2007), A Rutooro Vocabulary‎^[1], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, pages 50, 224
• Rubongoya, L. T. (2013), Katondogorozi y'Orunyoro-Rutooro n'Orungereza [Runyoro–Rutooro-English and English-Runyoro–Rutooro dictionary]‎^[2], Kampala: Modrug Publishers, →ISBN, page 291
• Entry 617 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3