kamby

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Guaraní

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Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /kambɨ/

  • (Paraguayan Guarani, Eastern Guarani) IPA(key): [kaˈmbɨ], [kaˈmbɯ];
  • (Southwestern Guarani) IPA(key): [kaˈmbɨ], [kaˈmbɯ], [kə-];
  • Rhymes: -ɨ

Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kamɨ.[1] By surface analysis, káma (“breast”) +‎ y (“water”).

Cognate with Old Tupi kamby.

Noun

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kamby

  1. (cooking) milk
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References

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  1. ^ Antônio Augusto Souza Mello (2000 March 17) “Reconstruções Lexicais e Cognatos” (chapter III), in Estudo histórico da família linguística tupi-guarani: aspectos fonológicos e lexicais‎[1] (in Portuguese), Florianópolis: UFSC

Old Tupi

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kamɨ.[1] By surface analysis, kama (“breast”) +‎ y (“liquid”).[2]

Cognate with Guaraní kamby.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kãˈᵐbɨ/
  • Rhymes: -ɨ
  • Hyphenation: ka‧mby

Noun

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kamby (possessable)

  1. milk (white liquid produced by the mammary glands)
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Descendants

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  • Nheengatu: kambí

References

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  1. ^ Antônio Augusto Souza Mello (2000 March 17) “Reconstruções Lexicais e Cognatos” (chapter III), in Estudo histórico da família linguística tupi-guarani: aspectos fonológicos e lexicais‎[2] (in Portuguese), Florianópolis: UFSC
  2. ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “kamby”, 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 214, column 2
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