bembé
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English
Noun
bembé (uncountable)
- A common bell rhythm in sub-Saharan Africa.
Saramaccan
Etymology
Probably from Kongo vémbe (“purslane”), Kimbundu m-bembe (“purslane”).[1]
Noun
bembé
References
- ^ Norval Smith (2015) “A preliminary list of probable Kikongo (KiKoongo) lexical items in the Surinam Creoles”, in P. Muysken, N. Smith, editors, Surviving the Middle Passage: The West Africa-Surinam Sprachbund, Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, page 428
- ^ Tinde van Andel, Sofie Ruysschaert (2011) Medicinale en rituele planten van Suriname [Medicinal and ritual plants of Suriname], Amsterdam: KIT Publishers, NCB Naturalis, page 410