lemba

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-démba (“to mark - zone N”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɽe.ᵐba/

-lemba (infinitive kulémba)

1. to mark
   1. (by extension) to write
   2. (by extension) to sign
   3. (by extension) to scribble
   4. (by extension) to draw
   5. to record
2. to subscribe
3. to employ
4. to limit

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative: -lembera
  • Causative: -lembetsa
  • Intensive: -lembetsetsa
  • Negative: -salemba
  • Passive: -lembedwa
  • Reduplicative: -lembalemba
  • Repetitive: -lembanso

• Nominal derivations:
  • lémba (“letter”)
  • Lólémba (“Monday”)
  • lémbo (“symbol”)

From the verb.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɽé.ᵐba/

lémba class 5 (plural malémba class 6)

1. a letter (letter of the alphabet)

lemba

1. to tire, to be/get tired

• IPA^(key): /ˈlemba/, [ˈlẽm.ba]
• Hyphenation: lem‧ba

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

lemba (Lontara spelling ᨒᨙᨅ)

1. gulf, bay

   Lembana Pare-Pare ― The bay of Pare-Pare

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

lemba (Lontara spelling ᨒᨙᨅ)

1. copy, transcript

• Cense, A. A. (1979), Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek, 's-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

lemba (present tense lember, past tense lembde, supine lembt, imperative lemb)

1. (pre-1938) alternative form of lemme

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-démba (“to mark - zone N”)

-lemba (infinitive kulemba)

1. to mark
   1. (by extension) to write

• -lembeka (“to be written”)
• -lembera (“to write names for engagement as workers”)
• -lembeska (“to cause to write”)
• mulembi (“writer”)
• malembo (“marks, the Scriptures”)

• William Y. Turner (1996), Tumbuka/Tonga-English and English - Tumbuka/Tonga Dictionary‎^[1], Central Africana Limited, page 62

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-démba (“to mark - zone P”).

-lemba (infinitive kulemba, perfect -lembile)

1. to mark
   1. (by extension) to write
2. to employ
3. to ripen
4. to pile soil when making a ridge

• -lembela (“to write to someone”)
• -lembesya (“to cause to write”)

• Ciyawo - English Dictionary: Dikishonale ja Ŵakulijiganya
• Padre Pedro Dupeyron (1880), Pequeno Vademecum da Lingua Bantu na Provincia de Moçambique ou Breve Estudo da Lingua Chi-Yao ou Adjaua‎^[2], Administração do Novo Mensageiro do Coraçao de Jesus, page 155
• Alexander Hetherwick, Introductory Handbook of the Yao Language, 1889 - page 156
• Meredith Sanderson, M.R.C.S., F.R.G.S., F.R.A.I. (1922), A Yao Grammar‎^[3], Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 173