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kamby

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Mbya Guarani

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Etymology

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    Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kamɨ, from *kam (“breast”) + *ʔɨ (“water”). Sense 2 is a semantic loan from Portuguese leite. Piecewise doublet of kãry.

    Cognate with Old Tupi and Paraguayan Guarani kamby.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /kaˈmɨ/, [kãˈᵐbɨ]
    • Rhymes: -ɨ
    • Hyphenation: ka‧mby

    Noun

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    kamby

    1. milk
      Hyponym: kãry (“breast milk”)
    3. milky sap
      Hypernym: ayxy
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    References

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    • Robert A. Dooley (August 2016), “kamby”, in Léxico guarani, dialeto mbyá: guarani-português (overall work in Portuguese), Anápolis: SIL Brasil, page 81

    Old Tupi

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    Etymology

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

      Cognate with Mbya Guarani and Paraguayan Guarani kamby.

      Pronunciation

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      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. ^ Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida (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

      Paraguayan Guarani

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      Etymology

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

        Cognate with Mbya Guarani and Old Tupi kamby.

        Pronunciation

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        Noun

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        kamby (uncountable)

        1. (cooking) milk
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        References

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