kamby
Guaraní
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kamɨ.[1] By surface analysis, káma (“breast”) + y (“water”).
Old Tupi
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kamɨ.[1] By surface analysis, kama (“breast”) + y (“liquid”).[2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kãˈᵐbɨ/
- Rhymes: -ɨ
- Hyphenation: ka‧mby
Related terms
- kambu
- kamby'ok
- kambyamĩ
Descendants
- Nheengatu: kambí
References
- Antônio Augusto Souza Mello (2000 March 17) Estudo histórico da família linguística tupi-guarani: aspectos fonológicos e lexicais (in Portuguese), Florianópolis: UFSC
- 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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