ndimba
التعريفات والمعاني
== Chichewa ==
=== Etymology ===
Cognate with Tumbuka ndimba (“the deep”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈⁿdi.ᵐbá/
=== Noun ===
ndimbá class 9 (plural ndimbá class 10)
deep place (e.g. in a lake or river)
(by extension) abyss
==== Derived terms ====
=== References ===
Steven Paas (2016), Oxford Chichewa-English/English - Chichewa Dictionary[2], Oxford University Press, page 390
== Tumbuka ==
=== Etymology ===
Cognate with Chichewa ndimba (“deep place”).
=== Noun ===
ndimba class 9 (plural ndimba class 10)
the deep
=== References ===
William Y. Turner (1996), Tumbuka/Tonga-English and English - Tumbuka/Tonga Dictionary[3], Central Africana Limited, page 80
Bible Society of Malawi, New Tumbuka Bible
== Yombe ==
=== Alternative forms ===
mulimba, limba
=== Noun ===
ǹdimba
limba (Terminalia superba)
=== References ===
=== Further reading ===
Laman, K. E. (1936), “ǹdimba”, in Dictionnaire kikongo-français avec une étude phonétique décrivant les dialectes les plus importants de la langue dite kikongo (Mémoires de l'Institut Royal colonial Belge: Section des sciences morales et politiques: Collection in-8o, Mémoires / Institut Royal Colonial Belge, Section des Sciences Techniques : Collection in-8)[4] (in French), Bruxelles: Institut Royal colonial Belge, page 669