# lombo
## Galician
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese lombo (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin lumbus (“loin”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰw- (“kidney, waist”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlombo/ [ˈlom.bʊ]
* Rhymes: -ombo
* Hyphenation: lom‧bo

### Noun

lombo m (plural lombos)
* (anatomy) back (the rear of body)
    Synonym: costa
** 1671, Gabriel Feixoo de Arauxo, Entremés famoso sobre da pesca do río Miño, page 15:Boteille catorce dentes fóra coa cachiporra [...] O lombo lle vai triscandoI put out of him fourteen teeth with the club [...] his back is cracking as he walks away
* loin (meat)
* hill, hillock
* ridge
* sandbank
* high speed bump
    Synonym: lombiño

#### Derived terms

* lomba
* lombán
* lombeirazo
* lombeiro
* lombelo
* Lombiño
* Lombo
* Lombo Gordo
* solombo
* Sulombo

#### Related terms

* lumbar

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “lombo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “lombo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “lombo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “lombo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “lombo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Italian
### Etymology

From Latin lumbus, possibly through Osco-Umbrian (as the expected Latin form would be *lundus), from Proto-Italic *lonðwos, from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰwos, from the root *lendʰ- (“to enter, penetrate, expand”). Cognate with Old English lynd (“fat, grease”), Old English lendenu (“loins”). More at lend.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlom.bo/
* Rhymes: -ombo
* Hyphenation: lóm‧bo

### Noun

lombo m (plural lombi)
* (anatomy) loin
* (by extension, in the plural) hips
* loin (meat cut)

#### Derived terms

* lombare
* lombo-

#### Descendants

* → Slavomolisano: luma

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese lombo, from Latin lumbus (“loin”), from Proto-Germanic *landwīn, *landwiō (“waist, loins”), from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰw- (“kidney, waist”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlõ.bu/
* Rhymes: -õbu
* Hyphenation: lom‧bo

### Noun

lombo m (plural lombos)
* back (the rear of body)
    Synonyms: costas, dorso
* loin (meat)
    lombo de porco ― porc loin
    lombo de vaca ― beef loin

#### Derived terms

* lomba
* lombada
* lombar
* lombeira
* lombilho
* lombinho
* ter lombo para

#### Descendants

* Kabuverdianu: lonbu
* Papiamentu: lomba

## Tok Pisin
### Etymology

From Indonesian lombok, from Javanese ꦭꦺꦴꦩ꧀ꦧꦺꦴꦏ꧀ (lombok).

### Noun

lombo
* chile
    Yupela i save brukim kawawar na lombo na olgeta kain kumu long 10-pela hap na givim wanpela long God. You tithe ginger and chili [Greek mint and Syrian rue] and all kinds of herbs. Luke 11:42