umbigo
Portuguese
umbigo
Alternative forms
- embigo (dated)
Etymology
From Old Portuguese umbiigo, from Latin umbilīcus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃nobʰilos (“navel”), from *h₃nebʰ-.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ũ.ˈbi.ɡu/
- (South Brazil) IPA(key): /ũ.ˈbi.ɡo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ũ.ˈbi.ɣu/
- Hyphenation: um‧bi‧go
Noun
umbigo m (plural umbigos)
- (anatomy) navel (indentation or bump remaining in the abdomen of mammals)
Derived terms
- umbigo-branco
- umbigo de freira
- umbigo-de-vênus
Related terms
- umbigada
- umbigar
- umbigueiro
- umbiguismo
- umbiguista
- umbilicado
- umbilical
- umbílico
Verb
umbigo
- first-person singular (eu) present indicative of umbigar