nambi

Guaraní

Noun

nambi

  1. (outer) ear

See also

Old Tupi

Etymology

    Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *nami. Cognate with Guaraní nambi.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /nãˈᵐbi/
    • Rhymes: -i
    • Hyphenation: na‧mbi

    Noun

    nambi (possessable)

    1. auricle; ear lobe (external part of the organ of hearing)[1]
      Coordinate term: apysá (“earhole”)
      • 1618, Antônio de Araújo, “Paſſo da Prizão.” (chapter III), in Cateciſmo na Lingoa Braſilica [Catechism in the Brazilian Language], Livro Terceiro do Cathecismo, e summa da Doctrina Christam [… ] (overall work in Old Tupi, Portuguese, and Latin), Lisbon: Pedro Crasbeeck, page 54b:
        S. Pedro y tãgapema ocequij morubixàba rembiauçuba Malco ceribaè ra pixapa, ynambi mondôra
        [S. Pedro itangapema osekyî, morubixaba rembîaûsuba Malco seryba’e rapixapa, i nambi mondoka.]
        Saint Peter drew his sword, striking a servant of the high priest called Malchus, cutting off his ear.
      • 1622, anonymous author, “Orelhudo [Big-eared]”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica, volume 2 (overall work in Old Tupi and Portuguese), Piratininga, page 59; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, São Paulo: USP, 1953:
        Nambiguaçû […] Baenambiguaçû.
        [Nambigûasu […] Mbaenambigûasu.]
        Big-eared.
    2. jughandle[2]
      Coordinate term: pysykaba (“handle of a basket”)

    Derived terms

    • ygapẽnambi

    Descendants

    • Nheengatu: nambí
    • → Brazilian Portuguese: nambi

    References

    1. ^ Pero de Castilho (1613) “orelha [ear lobe]”, 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 35, line 138
    2. ^ anonymous author (1622) “Aza do uaso [Handle of the jug]”, 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 44: “Nambî”

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