nambi

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

Historical spellings
Anchieta (1555)	nambî
Araújo (1618)	nambi
VLB (1622)	nambî / nambi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *nami. Cognate with Paraguayan Guarani nambi.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

nambi (possessable)

1. outer ear (external part of the organ of hearing)

   Coordinate term: apysá (“earhole”)

   • 1555, Joseph of Anchieta, chapter XIII, in Arte de grammatica da lingoa mais vſada na coſta do Braſil (overall work in Portuguese), Coimbra: Antonio de Mariz, published 1595, page 50r:

     Anambîcotûc […]

     [Anambikutuk […] ]

     I pierce ears.

   • 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.

   • 1622, anonymous author, “Orelhudo [Big-eared]”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica, volume 2 (overall work in Old Tupi and Portuguese), Piratininga, page 59; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, São Paulo: USP, 1953:

     Nambiguaçû […] Baenambiguaçû.

     [Nambigûasu […] Mbaenambigûasu.]

     Big-eared.

2. jughandle

   Coordinate term: pysykaba (“handle of a basket”)

Derived terms

• kara'inambi
• moronambiokaba
• nambipaîa
• nambipora
• nambipupîara
• serinambi
• ygapẽnambi
• îynambikûara

Descendants

• Nheengatu: nambí
• → Brazilian Portuguese: nambi

Further reading

• Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida (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

Paraguayan Guarani

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *nami.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nami/, [nãˈᵐbi]
• Rhymes: -i

Noun

nambi

1. (outer) ear

   Coordinate term: apysa

2. handle

References

• Britton, A. Scott (2005), “nambi”, in Guaraní Concise Dictionary (overall work in English), New York: Hippocrene Books, Inc., →ISBN, page 77
• Canese, Arquímedes; Canese, Natalia Krivoshein de; Alcaraz, Feliciano Acosta (2015), “nambi”, in Guaraní para uso médico [Guarani for medical use] (overall work in Spanish), Asunción: EFACIM, page 105, column 1
• Canese, Natalia Krivoshein de; Alcaraz, Feliciano Acosta (2016), “nambi”, in Ñe’ẽryru [Dictionary] (overall work in Spanish), Asunción: Instituto Superior de Lenguas, →ISBN, page 69, column 2