lembo
See also: Lembo
Italian edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Latin limbus (“hem, fringe”). Doublet of limbo, a borrowing.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
lembo m (plural lembi)
Further reading edit
- lémbo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Etymology 2 edit
Learned borrowing from Latin lembus, from Ancient Greek λέμβος (lémbos).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
lembo m (plural lembi)
- (archaic) name of several types of watercraft, especially light, fast ones
References edit
- ^ lembo in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Further reading edit
- lèmbo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Welsh edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Perhaps composed of two elements, the second also being found in hulbo (“soft-headed fellow”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
lembo m (plural lembos, not mutable)
References edit
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “lembo”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies