ambe

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See also: ambe'

English

Etymology

Ionic Ancient Greek [Term?], from [Term?] (a ridge).

Noun

ambe

  1. (historical) An old mechanical contrivance, ascribed to Hippocrates, for reducing dislocations of the shoulder.

Anagrams


Interlingua

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ambō.

Determiner

ambe

  1. (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.

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈam.be/
  • Rhymes: -ambe
  • Hyphenation: àm‧be

Etymology 1

From Latin ambae, nominative singular feminine of ambō (both).

Adjective

ambe f pl

  1. (literary, rare) both (referring to feminine nouns)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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  1. plural of amba

North Muyu

Noun

ambe

  1. 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

  1. (quantifying) both

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

ambe

  1. locative singular of amba (mango)
  2. accusative plural of amba (mango tree)