jembe

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Alternative spelling of djembe (“type of drum”).
noun
  1. A kind of hoe (digging tool).

Word forms

jembe jembes

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Bantu *ìgèmbè Swahili jembebor. English jembe Borrowed from Swahili jembe, from Proto-Bantu *ìgèmbè.

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