"Embu" meaning in Portuguese

See Embu in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ẽˈbu/ [Brazil], /ĩˈbu/ [Brazil], /ẽˈbu/ [Portugal] Forms: embuense [demonym]
Rhymes: -u Etymology: From Mboy, the name of a former Jesuit village set in the region. Etymology templates: {{ety|pt|Mboy|nodot=1|text=+}} [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Tupi-Guarani", "term" : "*moj", "lang" : "tup-gua-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" }, { "terms" : [ { "id" : "nominalizer suffix", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "is_uncertain" : true, "id" : "instrumentalizer suffix", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "instrumentalizer suffix", "children" : [ ], "status" : "redlink", "lang_name" : "Proto-Tupian", "term" : "*-ap", "lang" : "tup-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Tupi-Guarani", "term" : "*-aβ", "lang" : "tup-gua-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old Tupi", "term" : "-a", "lang" : "tpw" } ], "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "afeq", "is_invisible" : "all" } ], "lang_name" : "Old Tupi", "term" : "mboîa", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "tpw" }, { "gloss" : "river", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "water", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "water", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Tupian", "term" : "*ʔɨ", "lang" : "tup-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Tupi-Guarani", "term" : "*ʔɨ", "lang" : "tup-gua-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old Tupi", "term" : "'y", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "tpw" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Portuguese", "term" : "Mboy", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "pt" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Portuguese", "term" : "Embu", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "pt" }" data-lang="pt" data-title="Embu"> From Mboy, {{R|pt|DTA|p=560}} DTA, page 560: “Embu”, {{ety|pt|Mboy|nodot=1|text=+}} From Mboy Head templates: {{pt-proper noun|f|dem=embuense}} Embu f (demonym embuense)
  1. former official name of Embu das Artes: a municipality of São Paulo, Brazil Tags: feminine Categories (place): Municipalities of São Paulo, Brazil, Places in Brazil, Places in São Paulo, Brazil Related terms: Embu das Artes, Embu-Guaçu, Embu-Mirim
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