bemba
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Noun ===
bemba (plural bembas)
(music, Trinidad and Tobago) A type of folk drum used in Trinidad and Tobago.
==== Alternative forms ====
bembe
=== Anagrams ===
mabbe
== Bangi ==
=== Verb ===
bemba
to travel
== Lingala ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Bangi bemba.
=== Verb ===
-bemba (infinitive kobemba)
to travel
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
Uncertain. Possibly derived from Lingala mbembo (“big bottom lip”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈbemba/ [ˈbẽm.ba]
Rhymes: -emba
Syllabification: bem‧ba
=== Noun ===
bemba f (plural bembas)
(Canary Islands, Ecuador, Central America, Mexico, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela, Colombia, Caribbean, slang, offensive) Mouth with large and bulky lips stereotypical of a person of African descent.
(El Salvador, slang, vulgar) large vulva
=== Adjective ===
bemba f sg
feminine singular of bembo
=== Further reading ===
“bembo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
== Swahili ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Proto-Bantu [Term?].
=== Pronunciation ===
=== Verb ===
-bemba (infinitive kubemba)
to coax, seduce
==== Conjugation ====