xamba

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish chamba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈʃam.bə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈt͡ʃam.ba]

Noun

xamba f (plural xambes)

1. (colloquial) fluke

   Synonyms: carambola, benaurança, xiripa, xurro

Further reading

• “xamba” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “xamba”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024

Galician

Etymology

From French jambe, from Late Latin gamba, from Ancient Greek κάμπη (kámpē), from Proto-Indo-European *kamp- (“to bend; crooked”). Compare Spanish jamba, English jamb.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃambɐ]

Noun

xamba f (plural xambas)

1. (architecture) jamb

Related terms

• xambeta
• xamón

 

References

• “xamba” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “xamba” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “xamba” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.