pomba

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese poomba (13th century: Cantigas de Santa Maria), from earlier Old Galician-Portuguese paomba, from Proto-Ibero-Romance palomba, from Vulgar Latin palumba, from Latin palumbus, from Proto-Indo-European *pal-wo (“dark-colored, gray”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔmba̝/

Noun

pomba f (plural pombas)

1. dove, pigeon
2. vane, blade (of a turbine)

   Synonym: pena

Related terms

• pombal
• Pombeiro
• pombela
• pombo

References

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

Portuguese

pomba Columba oenas

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese poomba (13th century: Cantigas de Santa Maria), from earlier Old Galician-Portuguese paomba, from Proto-Ibero-Romance palomba, from Vulgar Latin palumba, from Latin palumbus, from Proto-Indo-European *pal-wo (“dark-colored, gray”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpõ.bɐ/

• Hyphenation: pom‧ba

Noun

pomba f (plural pombas, masculine pombo, masculine plural pombos)

1. dove, pigeon
2. (Brazil, vulgar) penis (man's genitalia)

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pénis

3. (vulgar) vagina (woman's genitalia)

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:vagina/translations

Related terms

• pombal
• pombo