ambe
See also: ambe'
English
Etymology
Ionic Ancient Greek [Term?], from [Term?] (“a ridge”).
Noun
ambe
- (historical) An old mechanical contrivance, ascribed to Hippocrates, for reducing dislocations of the shoulder.
Anagrams
Interlingua
Etymology
Determiner
ambe
- (quantifying) both
- Rodolfo Cerrón-Palomino proponeva un standard litterari, Quechua meridional, que combina characteristicas de ambe dialectos.[1]
- Rodolfo Cerrón-Palomino proposed a literary standard, Southern Quechua, which combines characteristics of both dialects.
- Rodolfo Cerrón-Palomino proponeva un standard litterari, Quechua meridional, que combina characteristicas de ambe dialectos.[1]
Italian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Latin ambae, nominative singular feminine of ambō (“both”).
Adjective
ambe f pl
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
North Muyu
Noun
ambe
- father
- je ambe — his father
- ju ambe — her father
References
- Jan Honoré Maria Cornelis Boelaars, The Linguistic Position of South-Western New Guinea (III), chapter XII, Kati language
- Johan Willem Schoorl, Culture and Change Among the Muyu (1993), page 307
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ambō; cf. Italian ambo.
Determiner
ambe
- (quantifying) both
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
Noun
ambe
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