Etymology

jembe

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Today it means: A kind of hoe (digging tool). Full definition →

Swahili jembe ← Proto-Bantu *ìgèmbè
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The story

  1. Proto-Bantu*ìgèmbè
  2. Swahilijembe
  3. English todayjembe

Borrowed from Swahili jembe, from Proto-Bantu *ìgèmbè.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.