pombo

See also: Pombo

Galician

Pombo or torcaza

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔmbo̝/

Noun

pombo m (plural pombos)

1. wood pigeon

   Synonym: torcaza

Related terms

• pomba
• 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), “pombo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpõbu]

Noun

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

1. dove, pigeon

Related terms

• pombal