Main Entry: Bem·ba

Pronunciation: \ˈbem-bə\

Function: noun

Inflected Form(s): plural Bemba or Bembas

Etymology: Bemba, stem of ulúbembá, a self-designation

Date: 1940

1 : a member of a primarily agricultural Bantu-speaking people of northeastern Zambia
2 : a Bantu language of the Bemba people