mba'e

Guaraní

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ᵐba.ˈʔe/

Noun

mba'e

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

Mbyá Guaraní

Etymology

Cognate with Guaraní mba'e.

Noun

mba'e

  1. thing
  2. object

Old Tupi

Alternative forms
  • ma'e

Etymology

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

Cognate with Guaraní and Mbyá Guaraní mba'e.

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

Adjective

mba'e

  1. rich; wealthy

Determiner

mba'e (plural mba'emba'e)

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

Derived terms
  • mba'eembiaripakó
  • mba'ehẽ
  • mba'epipó
  • mba'eramaé
  • mba'ereme
  • mba'ete
  • mba'etepe

Descendants
  • Nheengatu: maã

Noun

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
  • mba'e'ueteeté
  • mba'eapanupãsaba
  • mba'eapina
  • mba'easy
  • mba'eatykasaba
  • mba'eaíba
  • mba'eba'u
  • mba'ee'yma
  • mba'eerekoara
  • mba'eeté
  • mba'ekatu
  • mba'ekuapara
  • mba'ekugûaba
  • mba'eme'engaba
  • mba'emoasyîá
  • mba'emonhangara
  • mba'emosyryrykaba
  • mba'emoîypaba
  • mba'emoîypara
  • mba'enhemonhangaba
  • mba'enupãsaba
  • mba'epapasaba
  • mba'epokeka
  • mba'epotara
  • mba'epysykaba
  • mba'epûera
  • mba'era'angaba
  • mba'ererosapukaitara
  • mba'eresysaba
  • mba'erupaba
  • mba'eruru
  • mba'etatá
  • mba'etegûama
  • mba'etyba
  • mba'etymbaba
  • mba'etymbara
  • mba'eubana

Descendants
  • Nheengatu: maã

Pronoun

mba'e

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

Descendants
  • Nheengatu: maã

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

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