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mba'e

Guaraní

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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mba'e

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

Mbyá Guaraní

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Etymology

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Cognate with Guaraní mba'e.

Noun

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mba'e

  1. thing
  2. object

Old Tupi

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Cognate with Guaraní and Mbyá Guaraní mba'e.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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mba'e (noun form mba'e)

  1. rich; wealthy

Determiner

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mba'e (plural mba'emba'e)

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

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Nheengatu: maã

Noun

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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

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Descendants

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Pronoun

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mba'e

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

Descendants

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References

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

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