camboa

Galician

Alternative forms

gamboa, comboa

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese, attested in Latin Middle Age local documents as combona, from a substrate Indo-European language, probably from Proto-Celtic *kumbā (“valley, basin”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [kɑmˈboɐ]

Noun

camboa f (plural camboas)

(historical) tidal fish-trap built with stone walls and stakes

Derived terms

Comboa

References

“camboa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
“camboa” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /kɐ̃ˈbo.ɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kɐ̃ˈbo.a/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ̃ˈbo.ɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ̃ˈbo(w).ɐ/

Hyphenation: cam‧bo‧a

Noun

camboa f (plural camboas)

small, artificial lake near the sea, that traps fish

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