ihembe

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^[1], 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]‎^[2], Kampala: Modrug Publishers, →ISBN, page 134
3. Entry 2447 at Bantu Lexical Reconstructions 3

Zulu

Etymology

Borrowed from Afrikaans hemp.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /îːhéːmbe/

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

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-hembe”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-hembe (2.4.3.9)”