embé

Nheengatu

Alternative forms

Etymology

  • Inherited from Old Tupi embé, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *eme.

    Noun

    embé (IIa class pluriform, plural embé-itá, absolute tembé, R1 rembé, R2 sembé)

    1. lips

    References

    • Avila, Marcel Twardowsky (2021), “embé”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 296

    Occitan

    Alternative forms

    • (Eastern Vivaro-Alpine) 'mbo
    • (Gardiol) ab
    • amb
    • (Provençal) ambé
    • (Vivaro-Alpine) ambo
    • (Gascon) dab
    • (Aranese, Gascon) damb
    • (Limousin) emb

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /em.ˈbe/, /e.ˈme/, /ˈme/

    Preposition

    embé

    1. (Niçard, Provençal) with

    Old Tupi

    Etymology

  • Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *eme.

    Adjective

    embé (IIa class pluriform, R1 rembé, R2 sembé, noun form embé)

    1. lipped (having lips)
      • 1622, anonymous author, “Beissudo ser”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica, volume 1 (overall work in Old Tupi and Portuguese), Piratininga, page 54; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, São Paulo: USP, 1953:
        Xerembeguaçu.
        [Xe rembegûasu.]
        I'm big-lipped.

    Declension

        Declension of embé (IIa pluriform, oral vowel ending) (See Appendix:Old Tupi adjectives)
    Note: not all forms are attested. Most of the table is reconstructed based on known patterns.
    Causative moembé
    Deadjectivals
    -ba'e sembeba'e
    -sab(a) embeaba / embesaba
    Singular Singular & Plural Plural
    1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person exclusive 1st person inclusive 2nd person
    Adjectival forms
    Active
    Indicative xe rembé nde rembé sembé oré rembé îandé rembé pe rembé
    Imperative
    Permissive ta xe rembé ta nde rembé ta sembé t'oré rembé t'îandé rembé ta pe rembé
    Negative indicative na xe rembéî na nde rembéî na sembéî n'oré rembéî n'îandé rembéî na pe rembéî
    Negative imperative nde rembé umẽ pe rembé umẽ
    Negative permissive ta xe rembé umẽ ta nde rembé umẽ ta sembé umẽ t'oré rembé umẽ t'îandé rembé umẽ ta pe rembé umẽ
    Gerund
    Affirmative xe rembéramo nde rembéramo o embéramo oré rembéramo îandé rembéramo pe rembéramo
    Negative xe rembee'ymamo nde rembee'ymamo o embee'ymamo oré rembee'ymamo îandé rembee'ymamo pe rembee'ymamo
    Nominal forms
    Infinitive
    Affirmative embé
    Negative embee'yma
    Circumstantial
    Affirmative same as gerund1
    xe rembéû2 sembéû2 oré rembéû2 îandé rembéû2
    Negative same as gerund1
    xe rembee'ymi2 sembee'ymi2 oré rembee'ymi2 îandé rembee'ymi2
    1South Tupi
    2North Tupi

    Noun

    embé (possessable, IIa class pluriform, absolute tembé, R1 rembé, R2 sembé)

    1. lips
    2. (strictly) labium inferius oris; lower lip
      Coordinate term: apûã (“upper lip”)
    3. (figurative) border (outer edge of something)
      Synonym: embe'yba

    Descendants

    • Nheengatu: embé

    References

    • Pero de Castilho (1613), “beiço”, in Nomes das partes do corpo humano, pella lingua do Braſil [Names of the human body parts by the language of Brazil] (in Old Tupi), volume 1; republished as Plínio Ayrosa, editor, São Paulo: Revista dos Tribunais, 1937, page 39, line 215: “Tembê [Tembé]”
    • anonymous author (1622), “Beiços, glr.”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica (overall work in Portuguese), Piratininga; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, volume 1, São Paulo: USP, 1953, page 54: “Tembẽ. Cembê. Xerembê [Tembé. Sembé. Xe rembé]”
    • Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida (2013), “embé”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 97, column 2

    Sundanese

    Etymology

    Compare Makasar bembe (“goat”), Malay embik (“bleat, of a goat or sheep”)

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): [əmˈbeʔ] ~ [əˈmeʔ]
    • Audio:(file)

    Noun

    embé (Sundanese script ᮈᮙ᮪ᮘᮦ)

    1. goat
      Embé di buruan imah Mang Ari leupas.
      The goat in Uncle Ari's yard escaped.

    Further reading

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