jebe

Murui Huitoto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [hɛ.bɛ]

Root

jebe

1. abdomen

Derived terms

• jebegɨ

 

References

• Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.‎^[1], Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 127

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Spanish

Alternative forms

• ajebe

Etymology

From Andalusian Arabic شَبّ (šább), from Classical Arabic شَبّ (šabb, “alum”).

Noun

jebe m (plural jebes)

1. (Latin America) latex, rubber

   Synonym: caucho

2. (Latin America) rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis)

   Synonym: hevea

3. (obsolete) alum

   Synonym: alumbre

Further reading

• “jebe”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014