English
embira
Embira comes from tup embira ‘bark, bast’.
- tupmodernembira‘bark, bast’
- Englishearliest quotation 1811same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- tupmodernembira‘bark, bast’
- Englishearliest quotation 1811same form
Earliest quotation: 1811, Robert Southey, View of the State of Brasil in 1581: “No hemp grew in the country, the wild palm…”
Every English word from tup embira
Today it means
noun Any of several related Brazilian trees of the genus Xylopia, or the bast fiber they yield.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / tup embira / embira