Wiktionary

kamby

Guaraní edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kamɨ.[1] By surface analysis, káma (“breast”) +‎ y (“water”).

Cognate with Old Tupi kamby.

Noun edit

kamby

  1. milk (white liquid produced by the mammary glands)

References edit

  1. ^ Antônio Augusto Souza Mello (2000 March 17) Estudo histórico da família linguística tupi-guarani: aspectos fonológicos e lexicais‎[1] (in Portuguese), Florianópolis: UFSC

Old Tupi edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kamɨ.[1] By surface analysis, kama (“breast”) +‎ y (“liquid”).[2]

Cognate with Guaraní kamby.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /kãˈᵐbɨ/
  • Rhymes: -ɨ
  • Hyphenation: ka‧mby

Noun edit

kamby (possessable)

  1. milk (white liquid produced by the mammary glands)

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Nheengatu: kambí

References edit

  1. ^ Antônio Augusto Souza Mello (2000 March 17) Estudo histórico da família linguística tupi-guarani: aspectos fonológicos e lexicais‎[2] (in Portuguese), Florianópolis: UFSC
  2. ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “kamby”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), 1 edition, São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 214, column 2
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