embi'u

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

• emi'u

Etymology

From emi ("passive marker) + 'u ("to eat").

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /-eᵐbiˈʔu/
• Rhymes: -u
• Hyphenation: e‧mbi‧'u

Noun

embi'u (IIa class pluriform, absolute tembi'u, R1 rembi'u, R2 sembi'u) (possessable)

1. food; meal; dish
   • A. de Araújo, Catecismo na Lingoa Brasílica no qual se contem a summa da doctrina Christã. Com tudo o que pertence aos Mysterios de nossa sancta Fé & bõs custumes, 13v

     Oré remi'u 'ara îabi'õndûara eîme'eng kori orébe.

     Give us today our daily food.

   • (Can we date this quote?), Hans Staden, Viagem ao Brasil‎^[1], page 67:

     Aîune ixé, pe remi'urama!

     [original: A Junesche been ermi vramme]

     I come, your future food!

Further reading

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “embi'u”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: the classical indigenous language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 98, column 2