tembo

How to say it

Meaning

The largest land animal, gray, with a long trunk, big ears and tusks of ivory; protected in the national parks of East Africa.

Good to know

N class noun, the same in the plural, taking animal agreement: tembo mkubwa, tembo wengi. Meno ya tembo is ivory. Tembo also means palm wine on the coast.

Examples

• Tuliona kundi la tembo katika hifadhi ya Tarangire.We saw a herd of elephants in Tarangire park.
• Tembo wameharibu mashamba ya mahindi kijijini.Elephants have destroyed the maize fields in the village.
• Ujangili wa tembo umepungua mwaka huu.Elephant poaching has fallen this year.

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