cumba
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Gaulish, from Proto-Celtic *kumbā (“valley”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈkum.ba/, [ˈkʊmbä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkum.ba/, [ˈkumbä]
Noun
cumba f (genitive cumbae); first declension[1][2]
- (Middle Latin) valley
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | cumba | cumbae |
| Genitive | cumbae | cumbārum |
| Dative | cumbae | cumbīs |
| Accusative | cumbam | cumbās |
| Ablative | cumbā | cumbīs |
| Vocative | cumba | cumbae |
Descendants
- Asturian: comba
- Old French: cumbe
- Italian: comba
- Piedmontese comba
- Portuguese: comba
- Old Occitan: comba
References
- ^ Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “cumba”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 287
- ^ cumba in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)