ambe

From Ancient Greek ἄμβη (ámbē, “raised edge”), Ionic form of ἄμβων (ámbōn, “crest, edge”).

ambe

1. (historical) An old mechanical contrivance, ascribed to Hippocrates, for reducing dislocations of the shoulder.

• BAME, Bame, Beam, Mabe, beam, bema, mabe

Borrowed from Latin ambō.

ambe

1. (quantifying) both

   Rodolfo Cerrón-Palomino proponeva un standard litterari, Quechua meridional, que combina characteristicas de ambe dialectos.

   Rodolfo Cerrón-Palomino proposed a literary standard, Southern Quechua, which combines characteristics of both dialects.

• IPA^(key): /ˈam.be/
• Rhymes: -ambe
• Hyphenation: àm‧be

From Latin ambae, nominative singular feminine of ambō (“both”).

ambe f pl

1. (literary, rare) feminine plural of ambo (“both”)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

ambe f pl

1. plural of amba

ambe

1. father

   je ambe — his father

   ju ambe — her father

• Jan Honoré Maria Cornelis Boelaars, The Linguistic Position of South-Western New Guinea (III), chapter XII, Kati language
• Johan Willem Schoorl, Culture and Change Among the Muyu (1993), page 307

Borrowed from Latin ambō; cf. Italian ambo.

• IPA^(key): /ˈãm.bə/

ambe

1. (quantifying) both

ambe

1. locative singular of amba (“mango”)
2. accusative plural of amba (“mango tree”)