mba'e

• IPA^(key): /ᵐba.ˈʔe/

mba'e

1. thing
2. object
3. spirit, being

   Mba'etatá

   lit. Fire being (a myth from the ancient Brazilian indigenous peoples.)

Cognate with Guaraní mba'e.

mba'e

1. thing
2. object

• ma'e

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *maʔe. The euphemistic use for the penis is a semantic loan from Portuguese membro.

Cognate with Guaraní and Mbyá Guaraní mba'e.

• IPA^(key): [ᵐbaˈʔɛ]
• Rhymes: -ɛ
• Hyphenation: mba‧'e

mba'e (noun form mba'e)

1. rich; wealthy^[1]

mba'e (plural mba'emba'e)

1. (interrogative) what; which
   • c. 1583, Joseph of Anchieta, “Na feſta de .ſ. L^ço [At the Saint Lawrence Festival]” (chapter XLIV), in [livrinho de variaſ poeziaſ] [Booklet of various poems], Niterói, page 66v, lines 301–302; republished as Maria de Lourdes de Paula Martins, compiler, Poesias, São Paulo, 1956, page 124:

     Baetepe peçeca
     co xeretama pupe?

     [Mba'etepe peseká / kó xe retama pupé?]

     But what do you seek in this land of mine?

mba'e (possessable)

1. thing (that which is considered to exist as a separate entity, object, quality or concept)
   • c. 1583, Joseph of Anchieta, “Na feſta de .ſ. L^ço [At the Saint Lawrence Festival]” (chapter XLIV), in [livrinho de variaſ poeziaſ] [Booklet of various poems], Niterói, page 60v, lines 42–46; republished as Maria de Lourdes de Paula Martins, compiler, Poesias, São Paulo, 1956, page 112:

     Bae ete caugoaçu
     caõy moyebiyebira,
     aipo cauçucatupira,
     aipo anhe yamombeu,
     aipo imomorangimbira.

     [Mba'eeté ka'ugûasu. / Kaûĩ moîebyîebyra / aîpó saûsukatupyra, / aîpó anhẽ îamombe'u, / aîpó i momorangymbyra.]

     A very good thing is binge drinking, to be vomiting cauim. That's what should be well steemed, we trully proclaim that, that's what should be praised.

2. thing (an individual object or distinct entity)
   • 1618, Antônio de Araújo, chapter XI, in Cateciſmo na Lingoa Braſilica [Catechism in the Brazilian Language], Livro Sexto do Confessionário [… ] (overall work in Old Tupi, Portuguese, and Latin), Lisbon: Pedro Crasbeeck, page 109v:

     Ereyemomotápe abà mbaè recè: mbaé cátu jaramo cecó moaciabo?

     [Ereîemomotápe abá mba'e resé: mba'ekatuîaramo sekó moasŷabo?]

     Did you covet someone's things, envying the possessor of many things?

3. (derogatory, in compounds) thing (a living being or creature)
   • c. 1583, Joseph of Anchieta, “Na feſta de .ſ. L^ço [At the Saint Lawrence Festival]” (chapter XLIV), in [livrinho de variaſ poeziaſ] [Booklet of various poems], Niterói, page 71, lines 499–503; republished as Maria de Lourdes de Paula Martins, compiler, Poesias, São Paulo, 1956, page 133:

     Anjo. Deitee nderuumuçu
     aba anga momoxiabo
     baeuuma tayaçu
     oroapi cori yandu
     ſarau. Acai, teume xerapiabo.

     [Anjo: Nd'e'i te'e nde ru'umusu / abá 'anga momoxŷabo. / Mba'eu'uma, taîasu. / Oroapy kori îandu.
     Saraû[aîa]: Akaî, teumẽ xe rapŷabo]

     Angel: For that very reason your dirtiness misshapes the men's souls. You muddy thing, you pig! I'm gonna burn you today as always.
     Saraûaîa: Enough, quit your burning!

4. wealth; riches
   • 1578, Jean de Léry, chapter XX, in Histoire d'un voyage fait en la terre du Bresil, autrement dite Amerique [History of a voyage to the land of Brazil, also called America] (overall work in Middle French), La Rochelle: Antoine Chuppin, page 362:

     Epè-noeré-coih?peroupichah-mae?

     [A'epe n'oerekóî pe rubixaba ma'e?]

     Doesn't your king have riches?

5. provision; supply (food obtained for future use)^[2]

   Synonyms: mi'u, i'upyra

6. utensil^[3]
7. beast (non-human animal)
   • 1622, anonymous author, “Enseuar”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica, volume 1 (overall work in Old Tupi and Portuguese), Piratininga, page 117; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, São Paulo: USP, 1953:

     Aiquîtigquîtigc […] Baecaguera pupe.

     [Aîkytykytyk mba'ekagûera pupé]

     I kept anointing it with beast fat.

8. limb; body part
   • 1622, anonymous author, “Membro, ou parte do corpo”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica, volume 2 (overall work in Old Tupi and Portuguese), Piratininga, page 35; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, São Paulo: USP, 1953:

     Jmbaepepe ynhigbõu?

     [I mba'epepe i nhybõû?]

     In which limb did they hit you with an arrow?

9. (euphemistic) member; penis

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:akûãîa

   • 16th century, Joseph of Anchieta, “[Sextum Mandatum]”, in [Doutrina Cristã]; republished as Armando Cardoso, compiler, Doutrina Cristã: Doutrina autógrafa e confessionário, volume 2, São Paulo: Loyola, 1992, →ISBN, page 93, line 53:

     "Oútemo ké kuñã xe posé" erépe, nde mbaé pýmamo?

     ["Oú temõ ké kunhã xe posé" erépe, nde mba'epymamo?]

     Have you said "I wish a woman came here to my side!", being your member hard?

10. piece of furniture^[4]
11. linens (household textiles)^[5]
12. layette (set of clothing)^[6]
13. (folklore) bogey (hostile supernatural creature)^[7]

mba'e

1. (affirmative) something; anything [(sometimes) with amõ]
   • 1618, Antônio de Araújo, chapter IX, in Cateciſmo na Lingoa Braſilica [Catechism in the Brazilian Language], Livro Segundo do Cathecismo, e summa da Doctrina Christam [… ] (overall work in Old Tupi, Portuguese, and Latin), Lisbon: Pedro Crasbeeck, page 48:

     Oipórarâpe mbaéamo aépe oicobone?

     [Oîporarápe mba'e amõ a'epe oîkóbone?]

     Will they suffer anything being here?

2. (negative) nothing; anything [(sometimes) with amõ]
   • 16th century, Joseph of Anchieta, chapter LXVIII, in [livrinho de variaſ poeziaſ] [Booklet of various poems], page 167v, lines 15–18; republished as Maria de Lourdes de Paula Martins, compiler, Poesias, São Paulo, 1956, page 313:

     Xepoi ucate yepe
     quecebe bae nauj
     agoata coarapucui
     dererapoana rece.

     [Xe poîuká té îepé / kûesé bé mba'e n'a'uî / agûatá ko'arapukuî / nde rerapûana resé.]

     Let you, at last, feed me. I haven't eaten anything since yesterday. I walked the whole day because of your fame.

• Nheengatu: maã

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “mba'e”, 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, pages 266–267