mulembi

Tumbuka

Etymology

From mu- (“Class 1 noun prefix”) +‎ -lemba (“to write”) +‎ -i (“agent noun forming suffix”).

Noun

mulembi class 1 (plural ŵalembi class 2)

  1. scribe

Derived terms

  • kamulembi (“small scribe”)

References

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