comba

See also: Comba and combá

Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese combo (“bent, curved”) (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria). Ultimately from Proto-Celtic *kumbā (compare Welsh cwm and Irish com).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkombɐ]

Noun

comba f (plural combas)

  1. curve, bend
  2. skipping rope
  3. fork lightning

Adjective

comba

  1. curved, bent (feminine singular of combo)
Derived terms
  • Cabanacomba (literally “curved cabin”), a hamlet name

References

Etymology 2

Verb

comba

  1. inflection of combar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Italian

Etymology

From Transalpine Gaulish *cumba.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkom.ba/
  • Rhymes: -omba
  • Hyphenation: cóm‧ba

Noun

comba f (plural combe)

  1. coombe, combe (valley)

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈkõ.bɐ/

Noun

comba f (plural combas)

  1. (geography) combe; coombe (deep, narrow valley)

Further reading

Etymology 2

Verb

comba

  1. inflection of combar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Romansh

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Late Latin gamba (“hoof”) (compare Italian gamba), from Ancient Greek καμπή (kampḗ, “bend”).

Noun

comba f (plural combas)

  1. (Sursilvan, anatomy) leg

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkomba/ [ˈkõm.ba]
  • Rhymes: -omba
  • Syllabification: com‧ba

Etymology 1

Etymology tree
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Proto-Celtic *kumbā
Gaulish *cumbabor.
Medieval Latin cumba
Spanish comba

    From Medieval Latin cumba (“valley”),[1] borrowed from Gaulish *cumba, from Proto-Celtic *kumbā. According to Coromines, the term likely passed through Asturleonese or Mozarabic because of the retention of Latin /mb/, with the expected native outcome being *coma.[1] However, this is not universally agreed.[2]

    Noun

    comba f (plural combas)

    1. (Spain) jump rope (the rope itself, not the game)
      Synonym: cuerda de saltar
    2. curve ball (ball that spins)
    Derived terms

    Etymology 2

      See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

      Verb

      comba

      1. inflection of combar:
        1. third-person singular present indicative
        2. second-person singular imperative

      References

      1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1984), “comba”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary]‎[1] (in Spanish), volume II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, pages 151–152
      2. ^ Ariza, Manuel (1995), “Leonismos y occidentalismos en las lenguas y dialectos de España”, in Philologia hispalensis (in Spanish), number 10, →DOI, pages 77–88

      Further reading

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