embe

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Brooke's Point Palawano[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

embe

  1. (interrogative) where

Mbyá Guaraní[edit]

Noun[edit]

embe

  1. edge, border

Possessed forms[edit]

Middle English[edit]

Adverb[edit]

embe

  1. Alternative form of umbe

Preposition[edit]

embe

  1. Alternative form of umbe

Swahili[edit]

embe
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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Omani Arabic امبا (embē), from an Indo-Iranian language, probably Persian انبه (anbe).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (file)

Noun[edit]

embe (ma class, plural maembe)

  1. mango (tropical fruit)

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Bemba: iyembe
  • Kongo: riembe
  • Luganda: omuyembe

References[edit]

  1. ^ Brook, Zev (2022) “Which Arabic Dialect Are Swahili Words From?”, in Studia Orientalia Electronica[1], volume 10, number 1, page 8 of 1-10:‘Mango’, Sw embe. From OAr (e)mbe ‘mangos (collective)’ (R: 52; R:69) / embē (M: 252). Ultimately of Indo-Iranian origin, probably Persian anba.

Zaghawa[edit]

Noun[edit]

embe

  1. work

References[edit]