mimby
Mbyá Guaraní edit
Noun edit
mimby
Old Tupi edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *mimɨ.[1] By surface analysis, emi- (passive deverbalizer prefix) + py (“to flute”).
Cognate with Mbyá Guaraní mimby.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mimby (IId class pluriform, absolute mimby, R1 remimby, R2 semimby, R3 o emimby) (possessable)
- flute; whistle
- (broadly) any wind instrument
Usage notes edit
- This word is rendered as non-pluriform in some sources.
Derived terms edit
nouns
Adjective edit
mimby (IId class pluriform, R1 remimby, R2 semimby)
- having an wind instrument
Verb edit
mimby (first-person singular active indicative aîmimby, first-person singular negative active indicative naîmimbyî, noun mimby) (transitive)
References edit
Further reading edit
- Pe. Antônio Lemos Barbosa (1956) Curso de Tupi Antigo: Gramática, Exercícios, Textos[2] (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Livraria São José
- Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil[3] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, pages 99 and 280