embigo

Galician

Alternative forms

• beligo, embeligo, imbío, ombigo, umbigo

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese ẽbijgo, from Latin umbilīcus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [emˈbiɣʊ]

Noun

embigo m (plural embigos)

1. navel, belly button
   • 1390, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Os Miragres de Santiago, Madrid: C.S.I.C., page 117:

     Sabe que por mĩ nõ entra ferro senõ por lo ynbiigo

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

References

• “ynbiigo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “ynbiigo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “embigo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “embigo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “embigo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈbi.ɡu/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈbi.ɡu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈbi.ɡu/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈbi.ɡu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈbi.ɡo/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈbi.ɡo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽˈbi.ɡu/ [ẽˈbi.ɣu]

Noun

embigo m (plural embigos)

1. Dated form of umbigo.