lombo
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese lombo (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin lumbus (“loin”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lendhw- (“kidney, waist”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlombo̝/
Noun
lombo m (plural lombos)
- (anatomy) back (the rear of body)
- Synonym: costa
- 1671, Gabriel Feixoo de Arauxo, Entremés famoso sobre da pesca do río Miño, page 15:
- Boteille catorce dentes fóra coa cachiporra [...] O lombo lle vai triscando
- I put out of him fourteen teeth with the club [...] his back is cracking as he walks away
- loin (meat)
- hill, hillock
- ridge
- sandbank
- high speed bump
- Synonym: lombiño
Related terms
References
- “lombo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “lombo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “lombo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “lombo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “lombo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Italian
Etymology
From Latin lumbus, possibly through Osco-Umbrian (as the expected Latin form would be *lundus), from Proto-Italic *lonðwos, from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰwos, from the root *lendʰ- (“to enter, penetrate, expand”). Cognate with Old English lynd (“fat, grease”), Old English lendenu (“loins”). More at lend.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlom.bo/
- Rhymes: -ombo
- Hyphenation: lóm‧bo
Descendants
- → Slavomolisano: luma
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese lombo, from Latin lumbus (“loin”), from Proto-Germanic *landwīn, *landwiō (“waist, loins”), from Proto-Indo-European *lendhw- (“kidney, waist”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlõ.bu/
- Rhymes: -õbu
- Hyphenation: lom‧bo
Noun
lombo m (plural lombos)
Tok Pisin
Etymology
From Indonesian lombok, from Javanese ꦭꦺꦴꦩ꧀ꦧꦺꦴꦏ꧀ (lombok).
Noun
lombo
- chile
- Yupela i save brukim kawawar na lombo na olgeta kain kumu long 10-pela hap na givim wanpela long God.
You tithe ginger and chili [Greek mint and Syrian rue] and all kinds of herbs. Luke 11:42
- Yupela i save brukim kawawar na lombo na olgeta kain kumu long 10-pela hap na givim wanpela long God.