lombo

lombo

Galician

Lombo do Roncín ridge, Galicia

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old 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)

1. (anatomy) back (the rear of body)
   • 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

   Synonym: costa

2. loin (meat)
3. hill, hillock
4. ridge
5. sandbank
6. high speed bump

   Synonym: lombiño

Derived terms

• lomba
• lombán
• lombeirazo
• lombeiro
• lombelo
• Lombiño
• Lombo
• Lombo Gordo
• solombo
• Sulombo

Related terms

• lumbar

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.

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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

Noun

lombo m (plural lombi)

1. (anatomy) loin
2. (by extension, in the plural) hips
3. loin (meat cut)

Derived terms

• lombare
• lombo-

Descendants

• → Slavomolisano: luma

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old 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/

Noun

lombo m (plural lombos)

1. back (the rear of body)

   Synonyms: costas, dorso

2. loin (meat)

Derived terms

• lomba
• lombada
• lombar
• lombeira
• lombilho
• lombinho
• ter lombo para

Descendants

• Kabuverdianu: lonbu
• Papiamentu: lomba

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Tok Pisin

Etymology

From Indonesian lombok, from Javanese ꦭꦺꦴꦩ꧀ꦧꦺꦴꦏ꧀ (lombok).

Noun

lombo

1. 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