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Galician
Etymology
From a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, from a local Gallaecian *ambonā,[1][2] related to Gaulish ambe (“water, river”); either from Proto-Celtic *abū, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep-h₃ōn-, from *h₂ep- (“body of water”)[3] or from the zero grade of Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos (“cloud; moisture”).[4]
Pronunciation
Noun
ámboa f (plural ámboas)
- large or very large earthenware jar for the containment and preservation of wine and other liquids
References
- ^ Bascuas, Edelmiro (2002). Estudios de hidronimia paleoeuropea gallega. Santiago de Compostela: Universidade, Servicio de Publicacións e Intercambio Científico. p. 212. →ISBN.
- ^ Bascuas, Edelmiro (2006). "Celta amba 'agua', conservado como apelativo en Galicia hasta el siglo XII." in Studi Celtici (IV) , page 83.
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*abon-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 23-24
- ^ Bascuas, Edelmiro (2006). "Celta amba 'agua', conservado como apelativo en Galicia hasta el siglo XII." in Studi Celtici (IV) , page 64.
Further reading
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “amboa”, 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, editor (2006–2013), “amoa”, 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), “ámboa”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “ámboa”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN