embigo

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese ẽbijgo, from Latin umbilīcus.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [emˈbiɣʊ]

Noun

embigo m (plural embigos)

  1. navel, belly button
    • 1390, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Os Miragres de Santiago, Madrid: C.S.I.C., page 117:
      Sabe que por mĩ nõ entra ferro senõ por lo ynbiigo
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

References
  • “ynbiigo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “ynbiigo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “embigo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “embigo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “embigo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈbi.ɡu/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈbi.ɡu/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈbi.ɡo/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈbi.ɡo/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ẽˈbi.ɡu/ [ẽˈbi.ɣu]

Noun

embigo m (plural embigos)

  1. Dated form of umbigo.
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