Home › Words › N › nzimbunzimbunzimbu means the shell of Olivella nana, used as currency.EtymologyBorrowed from Lingala nzimbu.nounThe shell of Olivella nana, used as currency.e.g.“Marriage with the Bakaya is always by purchase, and the price is 10,000 djimbu.” — 1913, Emil Torday, Camp and Tramp in African Wilds, page 134:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).