kamby

Guaraní

Etymology

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

Cognate with Old Tupi kamby.

Noun

kamby

  1. milk (white liquid produced by the mammary glands)

References
  1. Antônio Augusto Souza Mello (2000 March 17) Estudo histórico da família linguística tupi-guarani: aspectos fonológicos e lexicais‎ (in Portuguese), Florianópolis: UFSC

Old Tupi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kamɨ.[1] By surface analysis, kama (“breast”) +‎ y (“liquid”).[2]

Cognate with Guaraní kamby.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kãˈᵐbɨ/
  • Rhymes: -ɨ
  • Hyphenation: ka‧mby

Noun

kamby (possessable)

  1. milk (white liquid produced by the mammary glands)
  • kambu
  • kamby'ok
  • kambyamĩ

Descendants
  • Nheengatu: kambí

References
  1. Antônio Augusto Souza Mello (2000 March 17) Estudo histórico da família linguística tupi-guarani: aspectos fonológicos e lexicais‎ (in Portuguese), Florianópolis: UFSC
  2. Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “kamby”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 214, column 2
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