embé

Nheengatu

Alternative forms

• emé (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Tupi embé, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *eme.

Noun

embé (IIa class pluriform, plural embé-itá, absolute tembé, R1 rembé, R2 sembé)

1. lips

References

• Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “embé”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 296

Occitan

Alternative forms

• (Eastern Vivaro-Alpine) 'mbo
• (Gardiol) ab
• amb
• (Provençal) ambé
• (Vivaro-Alpine) ambo
• (Gascon) dab
• (Aranese, Gascon) damb
• (Limousin) emb

 

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /em.ˈbe/, /e.ˈme/, /ˈme/

Preposition

embé

1. (Niçard, Provençal) with

Old Tupi

Etymology

From Proto-Tupi-Guarani *eme.

Adjective

embé (IIa class pluriform, R1 rembé, R2 sembé, noun form embé)

1. lipped (having lips)
   • 1622, anonymous author, “Beissudo ser”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica, volume 1 (overall work in Old Tupi and Portuguese), Piratininga, page 54; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, São Paulo: USP, 1953:

     Xerembeguaçu.

     [Xe rembegûasu.]

     I'm big-lipped.

Declension

    Declension of embé (IIa pluriform, oral vowel ending) (See Appendix:Old Tupi adjectives)

Note: not all forms are attested, most of the table is reconstructed based on known patterns.

Causative	moembé
Deadjectivals
-ba'e	sembeba'e
-sab(a)	embeaba／embesaba
	Singular		Singular & Plural	Plural
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person exclusive	1st person inclusive	2nd person
Adjectival forms
Active
Indicative	xe rembé	nde rembé	sembé	oré rembé	îandé rembé	pe rembé
Imperative
Permissive	ta xe rembé	ta nde rembé	ta sembé	t'oré rembé	t'îandé rembé	ta pe rembé
Negative indicative	na xe rembéî	na nde rembéî	na sembéî	n'oré rembéî	n'îandé rembéî	na pe rembéî
Negative imperative		nde rembé umẽ				pe rembé umẽ
Negative permissive	ta xe rembé umẽ	ta nde rembé umẽ	ta sembé umẽ	t'oré rembé umẽ	t'îandé rembé umẽ	ta pe rembé umẽ
Gerund
Affirmative	xe rembéramo	nde rembéramo	o embéramo	oré rembéramo	îandé rembéramo	pe rembéramo
Negative	xe rembee'ymamo	nde rembee'ymamo	o embee'ymamo	oré rembee'ymamo	îandé rembee'ymamo	pe rembee'ymamo
Nominal forms
Infinitive
Affirmative	embé
Negative	embee'yma
Circumstantial
Affirmative	same as gerund1
	xe rembéû2		sembéû2	oré rembéû2	îandé rembéû2
Negative	same as gerund1
	xe rembee'ymi2		sembee'ymi2	oré rembee'ymi2	îandé rembee'ymi2
1South Tupi 2North Tupi

Noun

embé (possessable, IIa class pluriform, absolute tembé, R1 rembé, R2 sembé)

1. lips
2. (strictly) labium inferius oris; lower lip

   Coordinate term: apûã (“upper lip”)

3. (figurative) border (outer edge of something)

   Synonym: embe'yba

Related terms

• emberung
• embetara
• tembekûaritá
• ygarembé

 

Descendants

• Nheengatu: embé

References

• Pero de Castilho (1613) “beiço”, in Nomes das partes do corpo humano, pella lingua do Braſil [Names of the human body parts by the language of Brazil] (in Old Tupi), volume 1; republished as Plínio Ayrosa, editor, São Paulo: Revista dos Tribunais, 1937, page 39, line 215: “Tembê [Tembé]”
• anonymous author (1622) “Beiços, glr.”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica (overall work in Portuguese), Piratininga; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, volume 1, São Paulo: USP, 1953, page 54: “Tembẽ. Cembê. Xerembê [Tembé. Sembé. Xe rembé]”
• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “embé”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 97, column 2

Sundanese

Etymology

Compare Makasar bembe (“goat”), Malay embik (“bleat, of a goat or sheep”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [əmˈbeʔ] ~ [əˈmeʔ]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

embé (Sundanese script ᮈᮙ᮪ᮘᮦ)

1. goat

   Embé di buruan imah Mang Ari leupas.

   The goat in Uncle Ari's yard escaped.

Further reading

• "ĔMBE", inCoolsma, S (1913) Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij