embe
See also: em bé
Brooke's Point Palawano edit
Pronoun edit
embe
- (interrogative) where
Mbyá Guaraní edit
Noun edit
embe
Possessed forms edit
Middle English edit
Adverb edit
embe
- Alternative form of umbe
Preposition edit
embe
- Alternative form of umbe
Swahili edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Omani Arabic امبا (embē), from an Indo-Iranian language, probably Persian انبه (anbe).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Noun edit
embe (ma class, plural maembe)
- mango (tropical fruit)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
References edit
- ^ Brook, Zev (2022), “Which Arabic Dialect Are Swahili Words From?”, in Studia Orientalia Electronica[1], volume 10, issue 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 edit
Noun edit
embe
References edit
- Beria-English English-Beria Dictionary [provisional] ADESK, Iriba, Kobe Department, Chad