embe

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Brooke's Point Palawano

Pronoun

embe

  1. (interrogative) where

Mbyá Guaraní

Noun

embe

  1. edge, border

Possessed forms

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

embe
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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

embe (ma class, plural maembe)

  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, 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