temben.
/ˈtɛmbeɪ/, U.S. /ˈtɛmbeɪ/, East African English /ˈtembe/ East African.
A rectangular house with mud walls and a flat roof.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > a house > types of house > [noun] > house of specific shape or style
hall-house1467
longhouse1643
bungalow1676
single housea1684
tower-house1687
villa1755
box1773
cottage orné1774
villarette1792
mews1805
cottage1808
terrace house1817
casita1822
villa dwelling1833
villa residence1833
box-house1846
six-roomer1853
terrace1854
tembe1860
moat house1871
parlour house1871
row house1871
salt-box1876
trullo1898
townhouse1900
colonial1903
semi1912
Cape Cod1916
bungaloid1927
semi-detached1928
ranchette1938
solar house1946
rambler1947
rancher1950
ranch1951
tunnel-back1957
sidesplit1958
two-up-and-two-downer1958
two-up two-down1958
semi-det1960
A-frame1963
townhouse1965
tri-level1965
link house1968
split1970
dormer bungalow1977
1860 R. F. Burton in Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 1859 29 128 Here the Tembe or square-built village is more common than the round hut.
1978 J. Updike Coup (1979) iii. 111 The space between the square earth houses, the tembes, widens.
2012 Tanzania Daily News (Nexis) 17 Nov. The three were sleeping in their newly constructed ‘tembe’, a traditional hut which is built and roofed with mud.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022).
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