See also: em bé

Brooke's Point Palawano edit

Pronoun edit

embe

  1. (interrogative) where

Mbyá Guaraní edit

Noun edit

embe

  1. edge, border

Possessed forms edit

Middle English edit

Adverb edit

embe

  1. Alternative form of umbe

Preposition edit

embe

  1. Alternative form of umbe

Swahili edit

 
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Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

  • (file)

Noun edit

embe (ma class, plural maembe)

  1. mango (tropical fruit)

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Bemba: iyembe
  • Kongo: riembe
  • Luganda: omuyembe

References edit

  1. ^ 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

  1. work

References edit