ámboa

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Galician

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, from a local Gallaecian *ambonā,[1][2] related to Gaulish ambe (“water, river”); either from Proto-Celtic *abū, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep-h₃ōn-, from *h₂ep- (“body of water”)[3] or from the zero grade of Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos (“cloud; moisture”).[4]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ámboa f (plural ámboas)

  1. large or very large earthenware jar for the containment and preservation of wine and other liquids
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References

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  1. ^ Bascuas, Edelmiro (2002). Estudios de hidronimia paleoeuropea gallega. Santiago de Compostela: Universidade, Servicio de Publicacións e Intercambio Científico. p. 212. →ISBN.
  2. ^ Bascuas, Edelmiro (2006). "Celta amba 'agua', conservado como apelativo en Galicia hasta el siglo XII." in Studi Celtici (IV) , page 83.
  3. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*abon-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 23-24
  4. ^ Bascuas, Edelmiro (2006). "Celta amba 'agua', conservado como apelativo en Galicia hasta el siglo XII." in Studi Celtici (IV) , page 64.

Further reading

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