mimby

Mbyá Guaraní

Noun

mimby

  1. flute

Old Tupi
FWOTD – 15 June 2014

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *mimɨ.[1] By surface analysis, emi- (passive deverbalizer prefix) +‎ py (“to flute”).

Cognate with Mbyá Guaraní mimby.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mĩˈᵐbɨ/
  • Rhymes: -ɨ
  • Hyphenation: mi‧mby

Noun
Mimbypepó

mimby (IId class pluriform, absolute mimby, R1 remimby, R2 semimby, R3 o emimby) (possessable)

  1. flute; whistle
  2. (broadly) any wind instrument

Usage notes
  • This word is rendered as non-pluriform in some sources.

Derived terms
nouns
  • mimbyapara
  • mimbygûasu
  • mimbypuku
  • mimbypysara

Adjective

mimby (IId class pluriform, R1 remimby, R2 semimby)

  1. having an wind instrument

Verb

mimby (first-person singular active indicative aîmimby, first-person singular negative active indicative naîmimbyî, noun mimby) (transitive)

  1. to blow; to flute (to blow a musical instrument to make it give a sound)
    Synonym: py

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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