English
likembe
Likembe comes from Lingala likembé.
- Lingalamodernlikembé
- Englishearliest quotation 1946likembe
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Lingalamodernlikembé
- Englishearliest quotation 1946likembe
Earliest quotation: 1946, James Riddell, In the forests of the night: “One of the lesser pygmies had a small musical…”
Every English word from Lingala likembé
Today it means
noun A musical instrument found in sub-Saharan Africa; a kind of lamellophone.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Lingala likembé / likembe