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Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish chamba.
Pronunciation
Noun
xamba f (plural xambes)
- (colloquial) fluke
- Synonyms: carambola, benaurança, xiripa, xurro
Further reading
Galician
Etymology
From French jambe, from Late Latin gamba, from Ancient Greek κάμπη (kámpē), from Proto-Indo-European *kamp- (“to bend; crooked”). Compare Spanish jamba, English jamb.
Pronunciation
Noun
xamba f (plural xambas)
- (architecture) jamb
References
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “xamba”, 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), “xamba”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “xamba”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
- “xamba”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024