name
Kapembwa
kah-PEM-bwah
kɑˈpɛmbwɑListen
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Syllable breakdown
Kapembwa
Name meaning and origin
- Origin
- Bemba (Zambia)
- Meaning
- a Bemba name associated with the spirit Kapembwa, the guardian deity of Lake Tanganyika venerated by the Tabwa and Lungu peoples of northern Zambia; to bear this name is to carry the protective power of the great lake and its ancestral spirits
- Gender
- male
- Also spelled
- Kapembua
Pronunciation tips
Three syllables; stress the second; 'bwa' is a single syllable combining the 'bw' bilabial-approximant cluster with 'ah'
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