omuyembe

Luganda

Etymology

Borrowed from Swahili mwembe (“mango tree”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /omujéːmbê/

Noun

omuyembe (class II, plural emiyembe, base state muyembe, plural base state miyembe)

1. mango tree
2. (by extension) mango fruit

References

• Snoxall, R. A. (1967) Luganda-English Dictionary - with an Introduction on the Tonal System, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 230
• Murphy, John D. (1972) Luganda-English Dictionary, United States: The Catholic University of America Press, →ISBN, page 393