Galician edit

 
Lombo do Roncín ridge, Galicia

Etymology edit

From Old Galician-Portuguese lombo (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin lumbus (loin), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lendhw- (kidney, waist).

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Noun edit

lombo m (plural lombos)

  1. (anatomy) back (the rear of body)
    Synonym: costa
    • 1671, Gabriel Feixoo de Arauxo, Entremés famoso sobre da pesca do río Miño, page 15:
      Boteille catorce dentes fóra coa cachiporra [...] O lombo lle vai triscando
      I put out of him fourteen teeth with the club [...] his back is cracking as he walks away
  2. loin (meat)
  3. hill, hillock
  4. ridge
  5. sandbank
  6. high speed bump
    Synonym: lombiño

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References edit

  • lombo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • lombo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • lombo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • lombo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • lombo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Italian edit

Etymology edit

From Latin lumbus, possibly through Osco-Umbrian (as the expected Latin form would be *lundus), from Proto-Italic *lonðwos, from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰwos, from the root *lendʰ- (to enter, penetrate, expand). Cognate with Old English lynd (fat, grease), Old English lendenu (loins). More at lend.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈlom.bo/
  • Rhymes: -ombo
  • Hyphenation: lóm‧bo

Noun edit

lombo m (plural lombi)

  1. (anatomy) loin
  2. (by extension, in the plural) hips
  3. loin (meat cut)

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  • Slavomolisano: luma

Portuguese edit

Etymology edit

From Old Galician-Portuguese lombo, from Latin lumbus (loin), from Proto-Germanic *landwīn, *landwiō (waist, loins), from Proto-Indo-European *lendhw- (kidney, waist).

Pronunciation edit

  • Rhymes: -õbu
  • Hyphenation: lom‧bo

Noun edit

lombo m (plural lombos)

  1. back (the rear of body)
    Synonyms: costas, dorso
  2. loin (meat)
    lombo de porcoporc loin
    lombo de vacabeef loin

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Tok Pisin edit

Etymology edit

From Indonesian lombok, from Javanese ꦭꦺꦴꦩ꧀ꦧꦺꦴꦏ꧀ (lombok).

Noun edit

lombo

  1. chile
    Yupela i save brukim kawawar na lombo na olgeta kain kumu long 10-pela hap na givim wanpela long God.
    You tithe ginger and chili [Greek mint and Syrian rue] and all kinds of herbs. Luke 11:42