Tembo (Kitembo)
Tembo (Kitembo) is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Congo - Kinshasa.
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Tembo – in the language itself Chitembo and in Swahili Kitembo – is a Bantu language spoken by people in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in the Kivu provinces just to the west of Lake Kivu.
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Words in Tembo (Kitembo)
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | ndu* | |
| name | sina* | |
| eye | iho* | |
| ear | tu* | |
| nose | indo* | |
| tooth | ino* | |
| tongue | limi* | |
| blood | kira* | |
| bone | kinya* | |
| skin | 7u* | |
| knee | fi* | |
| breast | bere* | |
| liver | sisa* | |
| water | iSi* | |
| fire | muliro | |
| sun | esuba | |
| star | gununu* | |
| rain | mvula | |
| stone | koi* | |
| mountain | dulungu* | |
| tree | Ti* | |
| leaf | Ti* | |
| night | tufu* | |
| dog | gunda* | |
| fish | fi* | |
| louse | da* | |
| one | 7uma* | |
| two | bili* | |
| drink | mo* | |
| see | lol* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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