embornal

From earlier embrunals by metathesis from *umbrenals, from Ancient Greek ὀμβρινά τρήματα (ombriná trḗmata, “holes for rain”), from ὀμβρινός (ombrinós, “of rain”) from ὄμβρος (ómbros, “rainstorm”) and τρῆμα (trêma, “hole”).

• IPA^(key): (Central) [əm.burˈnal]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əm.borˈnal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [em.boɾˈnal]

embornal m (plural embornals)

1. storm drain
2. (nautical) scupper

   Synonym: embó

• embó

• → Spanish: imbornal
  • → Cebuano: imburnal
  • → Tagalog: embornal

• “embornal”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

• Hyphenation: em‧bor‧nal

embornal m (plural embornais)

1. alternative form of bornal

• emburnal
• imbornal, imburnal

Borrowed from Spanish imbornal (“drainage hole of a ship”), from Catalan embornal.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔemboɾˈnal/ [ʔɛm.boɾˈn̪al]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: em‧bor‧nal

embornál (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜋ᜔ᜊᜓᜇ᜔ᜈᜎ᜔)

1. sewer line; culvert; sewage pipe
   • 2009, Kalusugan Pampubliko sa Kolonyal na Manila 1898-1918, UP Press, →ISBN, page 42:

     estero, pagtatapon ng basura, at pagsasaayos ng mga imburnal ng dumi at ng mga dikit-dikit at nagsisiksikang mga estruktura sa siyudad.25 Ayon kay Komisyoner Maus, kinakailangang maisaayos ang napakaraming depektong ...

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2. manhole; sewer opening
3. (nautical) scupper

• “embornal”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
• “embornal”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018