ambe

See also: ambe'

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἄμβη (ámbē, “raised edge”), Ionic form of ἄμβων (ámbōn, “crest, edge”).

Noun

ambe

1. (historical) An old mechanical contrivance, ascribed to Hippocrates, for reducing dislocations of the shoulder.

Anagrams

• BAME, Bame, Beam, Mabe, beam, bema, mabe

Interlingua

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ambō.

Determiner

ambe

1. (quantifying) both

   Rodolfo Cerrón-Palomino proponeva un standard litterari, Quechua meridional, que combina characteristicas de ambe dialectos.^[1]

   Rodolfo Cerrón-Palomino proposed a literary standard, Southern Quechua, which combines characteristics of both dialects.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈam.be/
• Rhymes: -ambe
• Hyphenation: àm‧be

Etymology 1

From Latin ambae, nominative singular feminine of ambō (“both”).

Determiner

ambe f pl

1. (literary, rare) feminine plural of ambo (“both”)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

ambe f pl

1. plural of amba

North Muyu

Noun

ambe

1. father

   je ambe — his father

   ju ambe — her father

References

• Jan Honoré Maria Cornelis Boelaars, The Linguistic Position of South-Western New Guinea (III), chapter XII, Kati language
• Johan Willem Schoorl, Culture and Change Among the Muyu (1993), page 307

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ambō; cf. Italian ambo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈãm.bə/

Determiner

ambe

1. (quantifying) both

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 𑀅𑀫𑁆𑀩𑁂 (Brahmi script)
• अम्बे (Devanagari script)
• অম্বে (Bengali script)
• අම‍්බෙ (Sinhalese script)
• အမ္ဗေ or ဢမ္ၿေ or ဢမ်ၿေ (Burmese script)
• อมฺเพ or อัมเพ (Thai script)
• ᩋᨾᩛᩮ (Tai Tham script)
• ອມ຺ເພ or ອັມເພ (Lao script)
• អម្ពេ (Khmer script)
• 𑄃𑄟𑄴𑄝𑄬 (Chakma script)

Noun

ambe

1. locative singular of amba (“mango”)
2. accusative plural of amba (“mango tree”)