pumbyry

Paraguayan Guarani

Etymology

From pu (“sound”) +‎ mbyry (“box”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pumbɨˈɾɨ/
• Rhymes: -ɨ

Noun

pumbyry (plural pumbyrykuéra)

1. telephone
2. (by extension) radio

Synonyms

• mombyñe'ẽporu
• ñe'ẽmbyry

References

• Canese, Natalia Krivoshein de; Alcaraz, Feliciano Acosta (2016), “pumbyry”, in Ñe’ẽryru [Dictionary] (overall work in Spanish), Asunción: Instituto Superior de Lenguas, →ISBN, page 91, column 2