Translation of "tembo" into English

Wa nne akagundua mkonga na kusisitiza kwamba tembo ni kama nyoka mkubwa.

A fourth discovers the trunk and insists that the elephant is like a large snake.

Basi fikiria methali hii ya Waakan, “Ndoa si tembo la mnazi linaloonjwa.”

Then consider this Akan proverb, “Marriage is not palm wine to be tasted.”