Where does “malembo” come from?

malembo (Tumbuka) comes from Tumbuka lemba, from Proto-Bantu *-démba — to mark.

malembo (Tumbuka): marks

Definitions

  1. marks

Ancestry of “malembo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tumbukalembato mark
2Proto-Bantu*-démbato mark
Every word from Proto-Bantu *-démba →Every word from Tumbuka lemba →
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