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)

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

Derived terms

  • Comboa

References

Portuguese

Pronunciation

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

  • Hyphenation: cam‧bo‧a

Noun

camboa f (plural camboas)

  1. small, artificial lake near the sea, that traps fish