kamby
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Guaraní
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kamɨ.[1] By surface analysis, káma (“breast”) + y (“water”).
Pronunciation
- (Paraguayan Guarani, Eastern Guarani) IPA(key): , ;
- (Southwestern Guarani) IPA(key): , , ;
- Rhymes: -ɨ
Noun
kamby
Related terms
- kambyrypy'a (“cheese”)
References
- ^ Antônio Augusto Souza Mello (2000 March 17) “Reconstruções Lexicais e Cognatos” (chapter III), in Estudo histórico da família linguística tupi-guarani: aspectos fonológicos e lexicais (in Portuguese), Florianópolis: UFSC
Old Tupi
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kamɨ.[1] By surface analysis, kama (“breast”) + y (“liquid”).[2]
Pronunciation
Noun
kamby (possessable)
- milk (white liquid produced by the mammary glands)
Related terms
Descendants
- Nheengatu: kambí
References
- ^ Antônio Augusto Souza Mello (2000 March 17) “Reconstruções Lexicais e Cognatos” (chapter III), in Estudo histórico da família linguística tupi-guarani: aspectos fonológicos e lexicais (in Portuguese), Florianópolis: UFSC
- ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “kamby”, 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 214, column 2