nambi

Guaraní

Noun

nambi

1. (outer) ear

See also

• apysa

Old Tupi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *nami.

Cognate with Guaraní nambi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nãˈᵐbi/
• Rhymes: -i
• Hyphenation: na‧mbi

Noun

nambi (possessable)

1. ear; auricle (external part of the organ of hearing)
   • 1618, Antônio de Araújo, “Paſſo da Prizão.” (chapter III), in Cateciſmo na Lingoa Braſilica [Catechism in the Brazilian Language], Livro Terceiro do Cathecismo, e summa da Doctrina Christam [… ] (overall work in Old Tupi, Portuguese, and Latin), Lisbon: Pedro Crasbeeck, page 54b:

     S. Pedro y tãgapema ocequij morubixàba rembiauçuba Malco ceribaè ra pixapa, ynambi mondôra

     [S. Pedro itangapema osekyî, morubixaba rembîaûsuba Malco seryba’e rapixapa, i nambi mondoka.]

     Saint Peter drew his sword, striking a servant of the high priest called Malchus, cutting off his ear.

2. handle (part of an object held in the hand when used or moved)

Descendants

• Nheengatu: nambí
• → Brazilian Portuguese: nambi

Further reading

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “nambi”, 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 326, column 1