pomba

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese poomba (13th century: Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin palumba, from Latin palumbus, from Proto-Indo-European *pal-wo (“dark-colored, gray”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔmba̝/

Noun

pomba f (plural pombas)

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

   Synonym: pena

Related terms

• pombal
• Pombeiro
• pombela
• pombo

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “poomb”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
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• 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

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Portuguese

pomba Columba oenas

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese poomba, paomba, from Vulgar Latin palumba, from Latin palumbus, from Proto-Indo-European *pal-wo (“dark-colored, gray”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpõ.bɐ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈpõ.ba/, /ˈpõ.bɐ/
• Hyphenation: pom‧ba

Noun

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

1. dove, pigeon
2. (slang) penis (man's genitalia)
3. (slang) vagina (woman's genitalia)

Synonyms

• (man's genitalia): here
• (woman's genitalia): See here

Related terms

• pombal
• pombo