bembe

See also: bembé

English

Noun

bembe (plural bembes)

1. Alternative spelling of bemba.

Anagrams

• mebbe

Makasar

Etymology

Onomatopoeic. Compare Sundanese embé, Buginese bembe'.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbembe/, [ˈɓɛ̃m.bɛ]
• Hyphenation: bem‧be

Noun

bembe (Lontara spelling ᨅᨙᨅᨙ)

1. goat (animal)

Compounds

• bembe gana
• bembe laki

Further reading

• A. A. Cense (2024), Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek‎, Brill, →DOI

Spanish

Noun

bembe m (plural bembes)

1. (Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic) alternative form of bemba

Further reading

• “bembe”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbembeʔ/ [ˈbɛm.bɛʔ]
• Rhymes: -embeʔ
• Syllabification: bem‧be

Noun

bembè (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜋ᜔ᜊᜒ)

1. alternative form of baimbi