Etymograph

English

Nambé

Nambé comes from Tewa Nąnbeʼ ‘rounded earth’.

  1. TewamodernNąnbeʼ‘rounded earth’
  2. Spanishc. 1500–presentNambé
  3. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. TewamodernNąnbeʼ‘rounded earth’
  2. Spanishc. 1500–presentNambé
  3. Englishtodaysame form

Today it means

adj Of or pertaining to the Nambé people or the variety of Tewa they speak.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Tewa Nąnbeʼ / Nambé