Wiktionary

mba'e

Guaraní edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

mba'e

  1. thing
  2. object
  3. spirit, being
    Mba'etatá
    lit. Fire being (a myth from the ancient Brazilian indigenous peoples.)

Mbyá Guaraní edit

Etymology edit

Cognate with Guaraní mba'e.

Noun edit

mba'e

  1. thing
  2. object

Old Tupi edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *maʔe.[1]

Cognate with Guaraní and Mbyá Guaraní mba'e.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ᵐbaˈʔɛ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛ
  • Hyphenation: mba‧'e

Adjective edit

mba'e

  1. rich; wealthy

Determiner edit

mba'e (plural mba'emba'e)

  1. (interrogative) what; which
  2. (relative) what; which

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Nheengatu: maã

Noun edit

mba'e (possessable)

  1. thing
  2. (derogatory) thing
    • 16th century, Joseph of Anchieta, compiled by Eduardo de Almeida Navarro, Teatro (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Martins Fontes, published 1999, page 44:
      Mba'eu'uma!
      You muddy thing!
  3. wealth; riches
  4. goods
    1. grocery
    2. provision; supply
    3. object
    4. utensil
  5. beast (non-human animal)
  6. limb (major appendage of human or animal)
    1. (broadly) body part
  7. piece of furniture
  8. layette (set of clothing)
  9. (folklore) bogey (hostile supernatural creature)

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

Pronoun edit

mba'e

  1. (affirmative) something
  2. (negative) nothing

Descendants edit

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

Further reading edit

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