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Galician
Etymology
Uncertain. Perhaps from Latin cymula, through a contracted Vulgar Latin form *cimla → *cimbla with unexpected loss of the L (compare Galician cima, from Latin cyma)
Pronunciation
Noun
cemba f (plural cembas)
- headland, strip of land around a farm plot usually left fallow
- Synonyms: arró, cómaro
- hedge (ridge in between two contiguous plots of land)
- Synonyms: arró, cómaro, sebe
- hillock
- bank of a sunken lane
References
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cemba”, 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), “cemba”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cemba”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN