columbiar
Asturian
Etymology
From Old Leonese columbiar (“to swing”), from Ancient Greek κολυμβάω (kolumbáō, “to dive, plunge”) (with semantic shift "dive" > "swing"), from κόλυμβος (kólumbos, “little grebe”), a bird known for its diving skills.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kolumˈbjaɾ/ [ko.lũmˈbjaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: co‧lum‧biar
Verb
columbiar (first-person singular indicative present columbio, past participle columbiáu)
Conjugation
Conjugation of columbiar
| infinitive | columbiar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | columbiando | ||||||
| past participle | m columbiáu, f columbiada, n columbiao, m pl columbiaos, f pl columbiaes | ||||||
| person | first singular yo |
second singular tu |
third singular él/elli |
first plural nosotros/nós |
second plural vosotros/vós |
third plural ellos | |
| indicative | present | columbio | columbies | columbia | columbiamos | columbiáis | columbien |
| imperfect | columbiaba | columbiabes | columbiaba | columbiábemos, columbiábamos | columbiabeis, columbiabais | columbiaben | |
| preterite | columbié | columbiasti, columbiesti | columbió | columbiemos | columbiastis, columbiestis | columbiaron | |
| pluperfect | columbiare, columbiara | columbiares, columbiaras | columbiare, columbiara | columbiáremos, columbiáramos | columbiareis, columbiarais | columbiaren, columbiaran | |
| future | columbiaré | columbiarás | columbiará | columbiaremos | columbiaréis | columbiarán | |
| conditional | columbiaría | columbiaríes | columbiaría | columbiaríemos, columbiaríamos | columbiaríeis, columbiaríais | columbiaríen | |
| subjunctive | present | columbie | columbies, columbias | columbie | columbiemos | columbiéis | columbien, columbian |
| imperfect | columbiare, columbiara | columbiares, columbiaras | columbiare, columbiara | columbiáremos, columbiáramos | columbiareis, columbiarais | columbiaren, columbiaran | |
| imperative | — | columbia | — | — | columbiái | — | |
Related terms
- columbiella
- columbiellu
- columbiu