nambi

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Noun[edit]

nambi

  1. (outer) ear

See also[edit]

Old Tupi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *nami.[1]

Cognate with Guaraní nambi.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /nãˈᵐbi/
  • Rhymes: -i
  • Hyphenation: na‧mbi

Noun[edit]

nambi (possessable)

  1. ear; auricle (external part of the organ of hearing)
    • 1618, Antônio de Araújo, “Paſſo da Prizão.” (chapter III), in Cateciſmo na Lingoa Braſilica […], Livro Terceiro do Cathecismo, e summa da Doctrina Christam [… ] (overall work in Old Tupi, Portuguese, and Latin), Lisbon: Pedro Crasbeeck, page 54b:
      S. Pedro y tãgapema ocequij morubixàba rembiauçuba Malco ceribaè ra pixapa, ynambi mondôra
      [S. Pedro itangapema osekyî, morubixaba rembîaûsuba Malco seryba’e rapixapa, i nambi mondoka.]
      Saint Peter drew his sword, striking a servant of the high priest called Malchus, cutting off his ear.
  2. handle (part of an object held in the hand when used or moved)

Descendants[edit]

  • Nheengatu: nambí
  • → Brazilian Portuguese: nambi

References[edit]

  1. ^ Antônio Augusto Souza Mello (2000 March 17) Estudo histórico da família linguística tupi-guarani: aspectos fonológicos e lexicais‎[1] (in Portuguese), Florianópolis: UFSC

Further reading[edit]

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