imbu

English

Noun

imbu

1. Synonym of Brazil plum

French

Adjective

imbu (feminine imbue, masculine plural imbus, feminine plural imbues) (de)

1. full (of)
2. imbued (with)

Further reading

• “imbu”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Old Irish

Etymology

Univerbation of i (“in whom/which”) +‎ ba (“was”)

Verb

imbu

1. in which it was
   • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 22^a4

     In loc diambu thabarthi ermitiu féid ⁊ imbu choïr frecur céil Dǽ, at·léntais-⟨s⟩om adi ⁊ do·gnítis cech ndochrud and.

     The place to which reverence should have been given and in which the worship of God was fitting, these used to pollute it and do everything unseemly there.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• umbu, ambu
• imbú, umbú, ambú (1931-prescribed spelling, now misspelling)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi umbu. Cognate with Spanish ombú.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩˈbu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩˈbu/

• Rhymes: -u

Noun

imbu m (plural imbus)

1. a large evergreen tree native to the Pampa of South America, Phytolacca dioica

   Synonyms: imbuzeiro, umbuzeiro

2. Brazil plum (Spondias tuberosa)

Derived terms

• imbuzada
• imbuzeiro

Further reading

• “imbu”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “imbu”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “imbu”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Sena

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mbʊ́ (“mosquito”), potentially from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-búne (“mosquito”).

Noun

imbu class 9 (plural imbu)

1. mosquito

References

• W. G. Anderson (1897), An Introductory Grammar of the Sena Language‎^[1], Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, pages 12, 50