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embé

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Nheengatu

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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    From Old Tupi embé, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *eme.

    Noun

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

    1. lips

    References

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

    Occitan

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    Alternative forms

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    Pronunciation

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

    Preposition

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    embé

    1. (Niçard, Provençal) with

    Old Tupi

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    Etymology

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      From Proto-Tupi-Guarani *eme.

      Adjective

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      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

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      Noun

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      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
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      Descendants

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      • Nheengatu: embé

      References

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      • 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]
      • Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (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

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      Etymology

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

      Pronunciation

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

      Noun

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      embé (Sundanese script ᮈᮙ᮪ᮘᮦ)

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

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