pombo

See also: Pombo

Galician

Pombo or torcaza

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese *poombo, Old Galician-Portuguese *paombo, from Latin palumbus, from Proto-Indo-European *pal-wo (“dark-colored, gray”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔmbo̝/

Noun

pombo m (plural pombos)

1. wood pigeon

   Synonyms: torgás, trocaza

Related terms

• pomba
• pombal
• Pombeiro
• pombela
• Pombo

References

• “poomb” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “pombo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “pombo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “pombo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpõ.bu/

• Hyphenation: pom‧bo

Noun

pombo m (plural pombos, feminine pomba, feminine plural pombas)

1. dove, pigeon

Related terms

• pombal, pomba