ihembe

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Tooro

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /iːhéːmbe/, (augmentless) /ihéːmbe/

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *dʊ̀pémbé (“horn”).

Noun

ihembe class 5 (plural amahembe class 6, augmentless ihembe, plural augmentless mahembe)

  1. horn
  2. antler

Etymology 2

Noun

ihembe class 5 (plural amahembe class 6, augmentless ihembe, plural augmentless mahembe)

  1. syphilitic swelling

References

  1. Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary‎, Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 25
  2. Rubongoya, L. T. (2013) Katondogorozi y'Orunyoro-Rutooro n'Orungereza [Runyoro–Rutooro-English and English-Runyoro–Rutooro dictionary]‎, Kampala: Modrug Publishers, →ISBN, page 134
  3. Entry 2447 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3

Zulu

Etymology

Borrowed from Afrikaans hemp.

Pronunciation

Noun

îhémbe class 5 (plural ámahémbe class 6)

  1. shirt

Inflection

Class 5/6
Singular Plural
Full form ihembe amahembe
Locative ehembeni emahembeni
Singular Plural
Full form ihembe amahembe
Simple form lihembe mahembe
Locative ehembeni emahembeni
Copulative yihembe ngamahembe
Possessive forms
Singular Plural
Modifier Substantive Modifier Substantive
Class 1 wehembe owehembe wamahembe owamahembe
Class 2 behembe abehembe bamahembe abamahembe
Class 3 wehembe owehembe wamahembe owamahembe
Class 4 yehembe eyehembe yamahembe eyamahembe
Class 5 lehembe elehembe lamahembe elamahembe
Class 6 ehembe awehembe amahembe awamahembe
Class 7 sehembe esehembe samahembe esamahembe
Class 8 zehembe ezehembe zamahembe ezamahembe
Class 9 yehembe eyehembe yamahembe eyamahembe
Class 10 zehembe ezehembe zamahembe ezamahembe
Class 11 lwehembe olwehembe lwamahembe olwamahembe
Class 14 behembe obehembe bamahembe obamahembe
Class 15 kwehembe okwehembe kwamahembe okwamahembe
Class 17 kwehembe okwehembe kwamahembe okwamahembe

References

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