lemba

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• IPA^(key): /ˈɽe.ᵐba/

-lemba (infinitive kulémba)

1. write

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative: -lembera
  • Causative: -lembetsa
  • Intensive: -lembetsetsa
  • Negative: -salemba
  • Passive: -lembedwa
  • Reduplicative: -lembalemba
  • Repetitive: -lembanso

• Nominal derivations:
  • lémba (“letter”)
  • Lólémba (“Monday”)
  • lémbo (“symbol”)

From the verb.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɽé.ᵐba/

lémba class 5 (plural malémba class 6)

1. a letter (letter of the alphabet)

lemba

1. to tire, to be/get tired

• IPA^(key): /ˈlemba/, [ˈlẽm.ba]
• Hyphenation: lem‧ba

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lemba (Lontara spelling ᨒᨙᨅ)

1. gulf, bay

   Lembana Pare-Pare ― The bay of Pare-Pare

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lemba (Lontara spelling ᨒᨙᨅ)

1. copy, transcript

• Cense, A. A. (1979) Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek, 's-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

lemba (present tense lember, past tense lembde, supine lembt, imperative lemb)

1. (pre-1938) alternative form of lemme