ndimba

Cognate with Tumbuka ndimba (“the deep”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈⁿdi.ᵐbá/

ndimbá class 9 (plural ndimbá class 10)

1. deep place (e.g. in a lake or river)
   1. (by extension) abyss

• Steven Paas (2016), Oxford Chichewa-English/English - Chichewa Dictionary‎^[2], Oxford University Press, page 390

Cognate with Chichewa ndimba (“deep place”).

ndimba class 9 (plural ndimba class 10)

1. the deep
   • (Can we date this quote?), Bible Society of Malawi, transl., Mutendeko 1:2:

     Charu chikaŵavye kaŵiro, chikaŵa chambula kanthu ndipo mdima ukaŵa pachanya pa ndimba.

     Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep

• Bible Society of Malawi, New Tumbuka Bible

• mulimba, limba^[1]

ǹdimba

1. limba (Terminalia superba)

• Laman, K. E. (1936), “ǹdimba”, in Dictionnaire kikongo-français avec une étude phonétique décrivant les dialectes les plus importants de la langue dite kikongo (Mémoires de l'Institut Royal colonial Belge: Section des sciences morales et politiques: Collection in-8o, Mémoires / Institut Royal Colonial Belge, Section des Sciences Techniques : Collection in-8)‎^[3] (in French), Bruxelles: Institut Royal colonial Belge, page 669