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Where does “lembera” come from?
lembera (Chichewa) comes from Chichewa lemba, from Proto-Bantu *-démba — to mark.
Ancestry of “lembera”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Chichewa
lemba
write; a letter
2
Proto-Bantu
*-démba
to mark
Words derived from “lembera”
lemberana
kulemberana
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