pombo
See also: Pombo
Galician
Pombo or torcaza
Etymology
From Old Galician and Old Portuguese *poombo, Old Portuguese *paombo, from Latin palumbus, from Proto-Indo-European *pal-wo (“dark-colored, gray”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɔmbo̝/
Noun
pombo m (plural pombos)
- wood pigeon
- Synonyms: torgás, trocaza
Related terms
- pomba
- pombal
- Pombeiro
- pombela
- Pombo
References
- “poomb” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “pombo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “pombo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “pombo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Portuguese *poombo, from Latin palumbus, from Proto-Indo-European *pal-wo (“dark-colored, gray”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpõ.bu/
- Hyphenation: pom‧bo
Noun
pombo m (plural pombos, feminine pomba, feminine plural pombas)
- dove, pigeon
Related terms
- pombal, pomba