"Chembechembe"

Translation: Cell

[DiegoJaviUnlam]

Noun

chembechembe (n class, plural chembechembe)

1) particle (body with very small size)

Noun

chembe (ki-vi class, plural vyembe)

1) grain, tiny particle

2) arrowhead, spearhead

From Wiktionary: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/chembechembe

Here, I would like to share more sentences with "chembechembe" and "chembe":

https://glosbe.com/sw/en/chembechembe

https://glosbe.com/sw/en/chembe

[dieprinzessin]

Looks like chembe is more used for cells, stem cells, body cells and such

Whereas chembechembe covers particles, crystals...'

This only judging from the example sentences given in the links.