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Old Tupi
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *emiʔu. By surface analysis, emi- (passive marker) + 'u (“to eat”).
Cognate with Paraguayan Guaraní tembi'u.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eᵐbiˈʔu/
- Rhymes: -u
- Hyphenation: e‧mbi‧'u
Noun
embi'u (possessable, IIa class pluriform, absolute tembi'u, R1 rembi'u, R2 sembi'u)
- food; meal; dish
- Synonym: i 'upyra
1618, Antônio de Araújo, “Do ſinal da Sancta Cruz, & mais oraçoens” (chapter I), in Cateciſmo na Lingoa Braſilica [Catechism in the Brazilian Language], Livro Primeiro da Doctrina Christam (overall work in Old Tupi, Portuguese, and Latin), Lisbon: Pedro Crasbeeck, Padre noſso, page 13v:Orê remiu
Ara yabiõ ndoâra
Eimeeng cori orebe.- [Oré remi'u / 'ara îabi'õndûara / eîme'eng kori orébe.]
- Give us this day our daily bread.
- (literally, “Give us today our daily food.”)
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