pombo

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Galician

Pombo or torcaza

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese *poombo, Old Galician-Portuguese *paombo, from Latin palumbus, from Proto-Indo-European *pal-wo (“dark-colored, gray”).

Pronunciation

Noun

pombo m (plural pombos)

  1. wood pigeon
    Synonyms: torgás, trocaza

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References

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

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese *poombo, from Latin palumbus, from Proto-Indo-European *pal-wo (“dark-colored, gray”).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: pom‧bo

Noun

pombo m (plural pombos, feminine pomba, feminine plural pombas)

  1. dove, pigeon

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