embe - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (original) (raw)

• Beginning
• 1 Brooke's Point Palawano
  • 1.1 Pronoun
• 2 Ma'di
  • 2.1 Pronunciation
  • 2.2 Noun
  • 2.3 References
• 3 Mbya Guarani
  • 3.1 Noun
    * 3.1.1 Possessed forms
• 4 Middle English
  • 4.1 Adverb
  • 4.2 Preposition
• 5 Old English
  • 5.1 Pronunciation
  • 5.2 Preposition
• 6 Swahili
  • 6.1 Etymology
  • 6.2 Pronunciation
  • 6.3 Noun
    * 6.3.1 Derived terms
    * 6.3.2 Descendants
  • 6.4 References
• 7 Zaghawa
  • 7.1 Noun
  • 7.2 References

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Brooke's Point Palawano

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embe

1. (interrogative) where

• IPA(key): [ɛ̄ᵐbɛ̄]
• Hyphenation: e‧mbe

embe

1. neck

• Mairi Blackings; Nigel Fabb (2003), A Grammar of Ma'di, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 39

embe

1. edge, border

embe

1. alternative form of umbe

embe

1. alternative form of umbe

• IPA(key): /ˈem.be/

embe

1. alternative form of ymb

embe

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

embe class V (plural maembe class VI)

1. mango (tropical fruit)

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

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.”

embe

1. work

• Beria-English English-Beria Dictionary [provisional] ADESK, Iriba, Kobe Department, Chad

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• Brooke's Point Palawano pronouns
• Ma'di terms with IPA pronunciation
• Ma'di lemmas
• Ma'di nouns
• mhi:Body parts
• Mbya Guarani lemmas
• Mbya Guarani nouns
• Middle English alternative forms
• Old English terms with IPA pronunciation
• Old English lemmas
• Old English prepositions
• Swahili terms borrowed from Omani Arabic
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• Swahili terms derived from Indo-Iranian languages
• Swahili terms derived from Persian
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• Swahili nouns
• Swahili class V nouns
• sw:Fruits
• Zaghawa lemmas
• Zaghawa nouns