camboa

Galician

Alternative forms

• gamboa, comboa

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese, attested in Latin Middle Age local documents as combona, from a substrate Indo-European language, probably from Proto-Celtic *kumbā (“valley, basin”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɑmˈboɐ]

Noun

camboa f (plural camboas)

1. (historical) tidal fish-trap built with stone walls and stakes

Derived terms

• Comboa

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “camboa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “camboa”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kɐ̃ˈbo.ɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kɐ̃ˈbo.ɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kɐ̃ˈbo.a/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ̃ˈbo.ɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ̃ˈbo.ɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ̃ˈbo(w).ɐ/

• Hyphenation: cam‧bo‧a

Noun

camboa f (plural camboas)

1. small, artificial lake near the sea, that traps fish