cemba

Galician

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps from Latin cymula, through a contracted Vulgar Latin form *cimla → *cimbla with unexpected loss of the L (compare Galician cima, from Latin cyma)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈθembɐ]

Noun

cemba f (plural cembas)

1. headland, strip of land around a farm plot usually left fallow

   Synonyms: arró, cómaro

2. hedge (ridge in between two contiguous plots of land)

   Synonyms: arró, cómaro, sebe

3. hillock
4. bank of a sunken lane

References

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