aramboha

Paraguayan Guarani

aramboha

Etymology

Etymology tree

Arabic المِخَدَّة (al-miḵadda)

Andalusian Arabic المُخَدَّة (al-muḵadda)bor.

Spanish almohadabor.

Paraguayan Guarani aramboha

Borrowed from Spanish almohada. Cognate with Língua Geral Amazônica aramapara through Andalusian Arabic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɾamoha/, [ãɾ̃ãᵐboˈha]
• Rhymes: -a

Noun

aramboha

1. pillow (soft cushion used to support the head)

   Synonyms: akangupa, akangyta

   • 1976, Ñandeyara Ñe’ẽ [Our Lord’s Word ], Asunción: Sociedad Bíblica Paraguaya, translation of the New Testament, Mark 4:38:

     Ha Jesús oke hína pe mba'yru ropytápe aramboha ári, ha omombáy hikuái ichupe ha he'i: --¡Maestro! ¿Nerepenái piko? ¡Ñañehundipátama niko!

     And Jesus was sleeping in the stern of the boat on top of a pillow, and they wake him and said: ― Master! Do you not worry? We are all already going to perish!

References

• Britton, A. Scott (2005), “aramboha”, in Guaraní Concise Dictionary (overall work in English), New York: Hippocrene Books, Inc., →ISBN, page 20
• Canese, Natalia Krivoshein de; Alcaraz, Feliciano Acosta (2016), “aramboha”, in Ñe’ẽryru [Dictionary] (overall work in Spanish), Asunción: Instituto Superior de Lenguas, →ISBN, page 17, column 1
• Sanabria, Lino Trinidad (2018), “aramboha”, in Diccionario práctico [Practical dictionary] (overall work in Spanish), Asunción: Océano, →ISBN, page 36, column 2