embé

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Nheengatu

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

    Noun

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

    1. lips

    References

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

    Occitan

    Alternative forms

    Pronunciation

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

    Preposition

    embé

    1. (Niçard, Provençal) with

    Old Tupi

    Etymology

      From Proto-Tupi-Guarani *eme.

      Adjective

      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

          Declension of embé (IIa pluriform, oral vowel ending) (See Appendix:Old Tupi adjectives)
      Note: not all forms are attested, most of the table is reconstructed based on known patterns.
      Causative moembé
      Deadjectivals
      -ba'e sembeba'e
      -sab(a) embeaba／embesaba
      Singular Singular & Plural Plural
      1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person exclusive 1st person inclusive 2nd person
      Adjectival forms
      Active
      Indicative xe rembé nde rembé sembé oré rembé îandé rembé pe rembé
      Imperative
      Permissive ta xe rembé ta nde rembé ta sembé t'oré rembé t'îandé rembé ta pe rembé
      Negative indicative na xe rembéî na nde rembéî na sembéî n'oré rembéî n'îandé rembéî na pe rembéî
      Negative imperative nde rembé umẽ pe rembé umẽ
      Negative permissive ta xe rembé umẽ ta nde rembé umẽ ta sembé umẽ t'oré rembé umẽ t'îandé rembé umẽ ta pe rembé umẽ
      Gerund
      Affirmative xe rembéramo nde rembéramo o embéramo oré rembéramo îandé rembéramo pe rembéramo
      Negative xe rembee'ymamo nde rembee'ymamo o embee'ymamo oré rembee'ymamo îandé rembee'ymamo pe rembee'ymamo
      Nominal forms
      Infinitive
      Affirmative embé
      Negative embee'yma
      Circumstantial
      Affirmative same as gerund1
      xe rembéû2 sembéû2 oré rembéû2 îandé rembéû2
      Negative same as gerund1
      xe rembee'ymi2 sembee'ymi2 oré rembee'ymi2 îandé rembee'ymi2
      1South Tupi
      2North Tupi

      Noun

      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

      Descendants

      • Nheengatu: embé

      References

      • 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
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