# mba'e
## Guaraní
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ᵐba.ˈʔe/

### Noun

mba'e
* thing
* object
* 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
* thing
* object

## Old Tupi
### Alternative forms

* ma'e

### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *maʔe. The euphemistic use for the penis is a semantic loan from Portuguese membro.
Cognate with Guaraní and Mbyá Guaraní mba'e.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ᵐbaˈʔɛ]
* Rhymes: -ɛ
* Hyphenation: mba‧'e

### Adjective

mba'e (noun form mba'e)
* rich; wealthy

#### Declension
### Determiner

mba'e (plural mba'emba'e)
* (interrogative) what; which
** c. 1583, Joseph of Anchieta, “Na feſta de .ſ. L$^{ço}$ [At the Saint Lawrence Festival]” (chapter XLIV), in [livrinho de variaſ poeziaſ] [Booklet of various poems], Niterói, page 66v, lines 301–302; republished as Maria de Lourdes de Paula Martins, compiler, Poesias, São Paulo, 1956, page 124:Baetepe peçeca co xeretama pupe?[Mba'etepe peseká / kó xe retama pupé?]But what do you seek in this land of mine?

#### Derived terms

* mba'eembiaripakó
* mba'ehẽ
* mba'epipó
* mba'eramaé
* mba'ereme
* mba'ete
* mba'etepe

### Noun

mba'e (possessable)
* thing (that which is considered to exist as a separate entity, object, quality or concept)
** c. 1583, Joseph of Anchieta, “Na feſta de .ſ. L$^{ço}$ [At the Saint Lawrence Festival]” (chapter XLIV), in [livrinho de variaſ poeziaſ] [Booklet of various poems], Niterói, page 60v, lines 42–46; republished as Maria de Lourdes de Paula Martins, compiler, Poesias, São Paulo, 1956, page 112:Bae ete caugoaçu caõy moyebiyebira, aipo cauçucatupira, aipo anhe yamombeu, aipo imomorangimbira.[Mba'eeté ka'ugûasu. / Kaûĩ moîebyîebyra / aîpó saûsukatupyra, / aîpó anhẽ îamombe'u, / aîpó i momorangymbyra.]A very good thing is binge drinking, to be vomiting cauim. That's what should be well steemed, we trully proclaim that, that's what should be praised.
* thing (an individual object or distinct entity)
** 1618, Antônio de Araújo, chapter XI, in Cateciſmo na Lingoa Braſilica [Catechism in the Brazilian Language], Livro Sexto do Confessionário [… ] (overall work in Old Tupi, Portuguese, and Latin), Lisbon: Pedro Crasbeeck, page 109v:Ereyemomotápe abà mbaè recè: mbaé cátu jaramo cecó moaciabo?[Ereîemomotápe abá mba'e resé: mba'ekatuîaramo sekó moasŷabo?]Did you covet someone's things, envying the possessor of many things?
* (derogatory, in compounds) thing (a living being or creature)
** c. 1583, Joseph of Anchieta, “Na feſta de .ſ. L$^{ço}$ [At the Saint Lawrence Festival]” (chapter XLIV), in [livrinho de variaſ poeziaſ] [Booklet of various poems], Niterói, page 71, lines 499–503; republished as Maria de Lourdes de Paula Martins, compiler, Poesias, São Paulo, 1956, page 133:Anjo. Deitee nderuumuçu aba anga momoxiabo baeuuma tayaçu oroapi cori yandu ſarau. Acai, teume xerapiabo.[Anjo: Nd'e'i te'e nde ru'umusu / abá 'anga momoxŷabo. / Mba'eu'uma, taîasu. / Oroapy kori îandu. Saraû[aîa]: Akaî, teumẽ xe rapŷabo]Angel: For that very reason your dirtiness misshapes the men's souls. You muddy thing, you pig! I'm gonna burn you today as always. Saraûaîa: Enough, quit your burning!
* wealth; riches
** 1578, Jean de Léry, chapter XX, in Histoire d'un voyage fait en la terre du Bresil, autrement dite Amerique [History of a voyage to the land of Brazil, also called America] (overall work in Middle French), La Rochelle: Antoine Chuppin, page 362:Epè-noeré-coih?peroupichah-mae?[A'epe n'oerekóî pe rubixaba ma'e?]Doesn't your king have riches?
* provision; supply (food obtained for future use)
    Synonyms: mi'u, i'upyra
* utensil
* beast (non-human animal)
** 1622, anonymous author, “Enseuar”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica, volume 1 (overall work in Old Tupi and Portuguese), Piratininga, page 117; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, São Paulo: USP, 1953:Aiquîtigquîtigc […] Baecaguera pupe.[Aîkytykytyk mba'ekagûera pupé]I kept anointing it with beast fat.
* limb; body part
** 1622, anonymous author, “Membro, ou parte do corpo”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica, volume 2 (overall work in Old Tupi and Portuguese), Piratininga, page 35; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, São Paulo: USP, 1953:Jmbaepepe ynhigbõu?[I mba'epepe i nhybõû?]In which limb did they hit you with an arrow?
* (euphemistic) member; penis
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:akûãîa
** 16th century, Joseph of Anchieta, “[Sextum Mandatum]”, in [Doutrina Cristã]; republished as Armando Cardoso, compiler, Doutrina Cristã: Doutrina autógrafa e confessionário, volume 2, São Paulo: Loyola, 1992, →ISBN, page 93, line 53:"Oútemo ké kuñã xe posé" erépe, nde mbaé pýmamo?["Oú temõ ké kunhã xe posé" erépe, nde mba'epymamo?]Have you said "I wish a woman came here to my side!", being your member hard?
* piece of furniture
* linens (household textiles)
* layette (set of clothing)
* (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

### Pronoun

mba'e
* (affirmative) something; anything [(sometimes) with amõ]
** 1618, Antônio de Araújo, chapter IX, in Cateciſmo na Lingoa Braſilica [Catechism in the Brazilian Language], Livro Segundo do Cathecismo, e summa da Doctrina Christam [… ] (overall work in Old Tupi, Portuguese, and Latin), Lisbon: Pedro Crasbeeck, page 48:Oipórarâpe mbaéamo aépe oicobone?[Oîporarápe mba'e amõ a'epe oîkóbone?]Will they suffer anything being here?
* (negative) nothing; anything [(sometimes) with amõ]
** 16th century, Joseph of Anchieta, chapter LXVIII, in [livrinho de variaſ poeziaſ] [Booklet of various poems], page 167v, lines 15–18; republished as Maria de Lourdes de Paula Martins, compiler, Poesias, São Paulo, 1956, page 313:Xepoi ucate yepe quecebe bae nauj agoata coarapucui dererapoana rece.[Xe poîuká té îepé / kûesé bé mba'e n'a'uî / agûatá ko'arapukuî / nde rerapûana resé.]Let you, at last, feed me. I haven't eaten anything since yesterday. I walked the whole day because of your fame.

### Descendants

* Nheengatu: maã

### References

* ↑ anonymous author (1622) “Rico ser assi”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica (overall work in Portuguese), Piratininga; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, volume 2, São Paulo: USP, 1953, page 105: “Xembae [Xe mba'e]”
* ↑ anonymous author (1622) “Mantimento, glr.”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica (overall work in Portuguese), Piratininga; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, volume 2, São Paulo: USP, 1953, page 31: “Baê [Mba'e]”
* ↑ anonymous author (1622) “Alfayas”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica (overall work in Portuguese), Piratininga; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, volume 1, São Paulo: USP, 1953, page 31: “Baê [Mba'e]”
* ↑ anonymous author (1622) “Mouel de casa”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica (overall work in Portuguese), Piratininga; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, volume 2, São Paulo: USP, 1953, page 43: “Mbae [Mba'e]”
* ↑ anonymous author (1622) “Fato por todo o mouel”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica (overall work in Portuguese), Piratininga; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, volume 1, São Paulo: USP, 1953, page 135: “Bae [Mba'e]”
* ↑ anonymous author (1622) “Enxoual”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica (overall work in Portuguese), Piratininga; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, volume 1, São Paulo: USP, 1953, page 120: “Bae [Mba'e]”
* ↑ anonymous author (1622) “Cousa mâ, como espirito, ou diabo.”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica (overall work in Portuguese), Piratininga; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, volume 1, São Paulo: USP, 1953, page 85: “Baê [Mba'e]”
* Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “mba'e”, 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, pages 266–267