comba

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See also: Comba and combá

Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese combo (“bent, curved”) (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria). Ultimately from Proto-Celtic *kumbā (compare Welsh cwm and Irish com).

Pronunciation

Noun

comba f (plural combas)

  1. curve, bend
  2. skipping rope
  3. fork lightning
Related terms

Adjective

comba

  1. curved, bent (feminine singular of combo)
Derived terms
  • Cabanacomba (literally “curved cabin”), a hamlet name

References

  • “combo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “conba” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “comba” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “comba” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Etymology 2

Verb

comba

  1. inflection of combar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Italian

Etymology

From Transalpine Gaulish *cumba.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkom.ba/
  • Rhymes: -omba
  • Hyphenation: cóm‧ba

Noun

comba f (plural combe)

  1. coombe, combe (valley)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Noun

comba f (plural combas)

  1. (geography) combe; coombe (deep, narrow valley)

Romansch

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Late Latin gamba (“hoof”) (compare Italian gamba), from Ancient Greek καμπή (kampḗ, “bend”).

Noun

comba f (plural combas)

  1. (Sursilvan, anatomy) leg

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkomba/
  • Rhymes: -omba
  • Syllabification: com‧ba

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

comba f (plural combas)

  1. rope
  2. (Spain, exercise) jump rope
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

comba

  1. inflection of combar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

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