gamba

English

Etymology 1

From viola da gamba, ultimately from Italian gamba (“leg”). Doublet of gam, gamb, jamb, and jambe.

Noun

gamba (plural gambas)

1. (music) Abbreviation of viola da gamba.
2. (music) A rank of organ pipes, so called for a supposed resemblance of the sound to that of a viola da gamba.

Etymology 2

From Latin gamba (“leg”); compare gambol. Doublet of gam, gamb, jamb, and jambe.

Noun

gamba

1. (anatomy) The metacarpus or metatarsus of ruminants, etc.

Related terms

Catalan

Catalan Wikipedia has an article on:

gamba

Wikipedia ^ca

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)
• Hyphenation: gam‧ba

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian gamba. Doublet of cama.

Noun

gamba f (plural gambes)

1. leg

   Synonym: cama

2. shank (any of various birds in the genus Tringa)

Derived terms

• gamba roja
• gamba verda

Etymology 2

From Late Latin gambărus, from cammărus, from Ancient Greek κάμμαρος (kámmaros, “lobster”).

Noun

gamba f (plural gambes)

1. shrimp

Etymology 3

Verb

gamba

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

Further reading

• “gamba” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɣɑm.baː/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: gam‧ba
• Rhymes: -ɑmbaː

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian viola da gamba, from gamba (“leg”).

Noun

gamba f (plural gamba's, diminutive gambaatje n)

1. viola da gamba

   Synonym: knieviool

Derived terms

• gambist

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Catalan gamba, Portuguese gamba or French gamba.

Noun

gamba f (plural gamba's, diminutive gambaatje n)

1. scampi, prawn

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish gamba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɑ̃.ba/

Noun

gamba f (plural gambas)

1. large prawn

Galician

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Medieval Latin gamba (“leg”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Noun

gamba f (plural gambas)

1. leg

   Synonym: perna

Derived terms

• meter a gamba

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Catalan gamba (“shrimp”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Noun

gamba f (plural gambas)

1. shrimp

   Synonym: camarón

References

• “gamba” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “gamba” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “gamba” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Gooniyandi

Noun

gamba

1. water

   yoowarni gamba ― one serving of water

2. wet season
3. year (because years are measured from one wet season to the next)

   yoowarni gamba ― one year

References

• William B. McGregor, A Functional Grammar of Gooniyandi (1990, →ISBN, page 260

Interlingua

Noun

gamba (plural gambas)

1. leg

Irish

Etymology

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

Noun

gamba m (genitive singular gamba, nominative plural gambaí)

1. lump, hunk, dollop

Declension

Mutation

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gamba”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “gamba” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “gamba” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin gamba, from Ancient Greek καμπή (kampḗ), from Proto-Indo-European *kamp- (“to bend; crooked”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡam.ba/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -amba
• Hyphenation: gàm‧ba

Noun

gamba f (plural gambe, diminutive gambétta or gambìna or gambìno m, augmentative gambóna or gambóne m, pejorative gambàccia, endearing-derogatory gambùccia)

1. leg
2. leg (from knee to ankle), shank
3. leg (of furniture)
4. stroke (of a letter)

Derived terms

• gambetto
• in gamba

Related terms

Descendants

• → English: gam; gamba
• → Ido: gambo

See also

• coscia

Further reading

• gamba in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Alternative forms

• camba

Etymology

From Ancient Greek καμπή (kampḗ), from Proto-Indo-European *kamp- (“to bend; crooked”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡam.ba/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡam.ba/,

Noun

gamba f (genitive gambae); first declension

1. (Late Latin, of animals) hock, shank
2. (Medieval Latin) (upper part of) leg, thigh

Declension

First-declension noun.

Descendants

• Italian: gamba
  • → English: gam; gamba
  • → Ido: gambo
• Old French: jambe, gambe; ganbe
  • Middle French: jambe, gambe
    • French: jambe
    • → Middle English: gambe
      • English: gamb
    • → Middle English: jambe
      • English: jamb
  • Norman: gambe
  • Picard: gambe
  • Walloon: djambe
• Romanian: gambă
• Sicilian: jamma
• Spanish: gamba

References

• “gamba”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• gamba in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• gamba in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 703/1.

Leonese

Etymology

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

Noun

gamba f (plural gambas)

1. leg

References

• AEDLL

Portuguese

Etymology

From Italian gamba or Vulgar Latin *gambarus, from Latin cammarus, gammarus (“lobster”), from Ancient Greek κάμμαρος (kámmaros).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃bɐ
• Hyphenation: gam‧ba

Noun

gamba f (plural gambas)

1. shrimp (decapod crustacean)

   Synonym: camarão

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡamba/

Noun

gamba f

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of gambă

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡamba/
• Rhymes: -amba
• Syllabification: gam‧ba

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian gamba or Vulgar Latin *gambarus, from Latin gammarus, cammarus (“lobster”), from Ancient Greek κάμμαρος (kámmaros).

Noun

gamba f (plural gambas)

1. (Spain) shrimp

   Synonym: camarón (Latin America)

2. (Spain, derogatory slang) butterface, prawn

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian gamba, from Late Latin gamba.

Noun

gamba f (plural gambas)

1. (Argentina, colloquial) leg

   Synonym: pierna

2. (Chile, colloquial) 100 pesos

Derived terms

Further reading

• “gamba”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swahili

Swahili Wikipedia has an article on:

gamba

Wikipedia ^sw

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

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Noun

gamba (ma class, plural magamba)

1. bark (of a tree)
2. skin (of a scaly animal)
3. scale (of an animal)
4. armor
5. shell

See also

• ngozi