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Tembu

Tembu is the alternative form of Thembu.

Meaning of Thembu

Noun

Thembu (plural Thembu or Thembus)

  1. A member of a certain South African tribe that speak Xhosa and live in Thembuland.

Forms of Tembu

pluralTembu
pluralTembus

Questions about Tembu

What is Tembu the alternative form of?
Tembu is the alternative form of Thembu.

Words near Tembu in the dictionary

  1. tembleque
  2. temblor
  3. temblores
  4. temblors
  5. tembotrione
  6. Tembu
  7. Tembus
  8. teme
  9. Temecula
  10. TEMED
  11. temefos

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Tembu (page history and authors); Thembu (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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