embe

See also: em bé

Brooke's Point Palawano

Pronoun

embe

  1. (interrogative) where

Mbyá Guaraní

Noun

embe

  1. edge, border

Possessed forms

    Possessed forms of embe
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person
inclusive 		1st person
exclusive 		2nd person 3rd person
xerembe nerembe hembe nhanerembe orerembe penerembe hembe

Middle English

Adverb

embe

  1. alternative form of umbe

Preposition

embe

  1. alternative form of umbe

Old English

Preposition

embe

  1. alternative form of ymb

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Omani Arabic امبا (embē), from an Indo-Iranian language, probably Persian انبه (anbe).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

embe class V (plural maembe class VI)

  1. mango (tropical fruit)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Bemba: iyembe
  • → Kongo: riembe
  • → Luganda: omuyembe
  • → Nubi: yembe

References

  1. ^ Brook, Zev (2022) “Which Arabic Dialect Are Swahili Words From?”, in Studia Orientalia Electronica‎[1], volume 10, number 1, page 8 of 1-10: “‘Mango’, Sw embe. From OAr (e)mbe ‘mangos (collective)’ (R: 52; R:69) / embē (M: 252). Ultimately of Indo-Iranian origin, probably Persian anba.”

Zaghawa

Noun

embe

  1. work

References

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