Wiktionary

embe

See also: em bé

Brooke's Point Palawano

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Pronoun

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embe

  1. (interrogative) where

Mbyá Guaraní

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Noun

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embe

  1. edge, border

Possessed forms

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    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

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Adverb

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embe

  1. Alternative form of umbe

Preposition

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embe

  1. Alternative form of umbe

Swahili

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

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embe (ma class, plural maembe)

  1. mango (tropical fruit)

Derived terms

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Descendants

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

References

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  1. ^ Brook, Zev (2022) “Which Arabic Dialect Are Swahili Words From?”, in Studia Orientalia Electronica‎[1], 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

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Noun

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embe

  1. work

References

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