pomba

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese poomba (13th century: Cantigas de Santa Maria), from earlier Old Galician-Portuguese paomba, from Proto-Ibero-Romance palomba, from Vulgar Latin palumba, from Latin palumbus, from Proto-Indo-European *pal-wo (“dark-coloured, grey”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔmba̝/
• Hyphenation: pom‧ba

Noun

pomba f (plural pombas)

1. dove, pigeon
2. vane, blade (of a turbine)

   Synonym: pena

Related terms

• pombal
• Pombeiro
• pombela
• pombo

References

• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “pomba”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “pomba”, 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), “pomba”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “pomba”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

pomba Columba oenas

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese poomba (13th century: Cantigas de Santa Maria), from earlier Old Galician-Portuguese paomba, from Proto-Ibero-Romance palomba, from Vulgar Latin palumba, from Latin palumbus, from Proto-Indo-European *pal-wo (“dark-colored, gray”). Doublet of Paloma.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpõ.bɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpõ.bɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpõ.ba/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpõ.bɐ/

• Rhymes: -õbɐ
• Hyphenation: pom‧ba

Noun

pomba f (plural pombas, masculine pombo, masculine plural pombos)

1. dove
2. female pigeon
3. (Ceará, vulgar) penis (man's genitalia)

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pénis

4. (dialectal, vulgar) vagina (woman's genitalia)

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:vagina

Derived terms

• pomba branca
• pomba da paz
• pomba suja

Related terms

• pombal
• pombo

See also

• Pomba Gira (unrelated)

Interjection

pomba!

1. alternative form of pombas!

Further reading

• “pomba”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “pomba”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “pomba”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026