embe

See also: em bé

Brooke's Point Palawano

Pronoun

embe

  1. (interrogative) where

Mbyá Guaraní

Noun

embe

  1. edge, border

Possessed forms
    Possessed forms of embe
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person
inclusive		 1st person
exclusive		 2nd person 3rd person
xerembe nerembe hembe nhanerembe orerembe penerembe hembe

Middle English

Adverb

embe

  1. Alternative form of umbe

Preposition

embe

  1. Alternative form of umbe

Swahili
embe

Etymology

Borrowed from Omani Arabic امبا (embē), from an Indo-Iranian language, probably Persian انبه (anbe).[1]

Pronunciation
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Noun

embe (ma class, plural maembe)

  1. mango (tropical fruit)

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → Bemba: iyembe
  • → Kongo: riembe
  • → Luganda: omuyembe
  • → Nubi: yembe

References
  1. Brook, Zev (2022) “Which Arabic Dialect Are Swahili Words From?”, in Studia Orientalia Electronica‎, volume 10, number 1, page 8 of 1-10: “‘Mango’, Sw embe. From OAr (e)mbe ‘mangos (collective)’ (R: 52; R:69) / embē (M: 252). Ultimately of Indo-Iranian origin, probably Persian anba.”

Zaghawa

Noun

embe

  1. work

References
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