# lamber
## English
### Etymology 1

From lamb +‎ -er.

#### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈlæm.ə(ɹ)/
* (US) IPA: /ˈlæmɚ/
* Rhymes: -æmə(ɹ)

#### Noun

lamber (plural lambers)
* A ewe that gives birth to a lamb.
** 2017, Trisha Ashley, The Little Teashop of Lost and Found:He'd gone out before dawn searching for a ewe, an early lamber that liked to hide out near the base of the Oldstone, where the rocks gave a bit of shelter.
* A farm worker who supervises the birth of lambs.
** 1855, William Lewis Rham, William Raynbird, Hugh Raynbird, The Dictionary of the Farm, page 354:The ewes should now be moved as near home as convenience will permit, in order that they may be under the immediate observation of the lamber.
** 2008, Horatio Clare, Running for the Hills, page 130:The lambers sometimes brought their friends and acquaintances to see the view and relax in what must have seemed a bohemian atmosphere.

### Etymology 2

From Malagasy [Term?] (Highlands dialect).

#### Noun

lamber (plural lambers)
* (obsolete) Alternative form of lamba (“Madagascan garment”)

### Anagrams

* Ambler, Balmer, Blamer, Marble, ambler, blamer, marble, ramble

## Galician
### Etymology

From Latin lambere (“lick, lap”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lamˈbeɾ/ [lamˈbeɾ]
* Rhymes: -eɾ
* Hyphenation: lam‧ber

### Verb

lamber (first-person singular present lambo, first-person singular preterite lambín, past participle lambido) lamber (first-person singular present lambo, first-person singular preterite lambim or lambi, past participle lambido, reintegrationist norm)
* (transitive) to lick
* (pronominal) to lick one's lips

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Derived terms

* delamber
* lambecús
* lambetada
* lambetar
* lambiscada
* lamboanada
* lambón
* relamber

### References

* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “lamber”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “lamber”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “lamber”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “lamber” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “lamber”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Ladino
### Etymology

From Latin lambō, lambere.

### Verb

lamber (Hebrew spelling לאמביר)
* to lick

## Middle English
### Noun

lamber
* Alternative form of lambre

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Latin lambere (“lick, lap”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /lɐ̃ˈbe(ʁ)/ [lɐ̃ˈbe(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /lɐ̃ˈbe(ʁ)/ [lɐ̃ˈbe(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /lɐ̃ˈbe(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /lɐ̃ˈbe(ʁ)/ [lɐ̃ˈbe(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /lɐ̃ˈbe(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /lɐ̃ˈbeɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /lɐ̃ˈbeɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /lɐ̃ˈbe.ɾi/
   * (Alentejo) IPA: /lẽ.ˈbeɾ/
* Hyphenation: lam‧ber

### Verb

lamber (first-person singular present lambo, first-person singular preterite lambi, past participle lambido)
* to lick

#### Derived terms

* lambança

### Further reading

* “lamber” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lamˈbeɾ/ [lãmˈbeɾ]
* Rhymes: -eɾ
* Syllabification: lam‧ber

### Verb

lamber (first-person singular present lambo, first-person singular preterite lambí, past participle lambido)
* Alternative form of lamer

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

### Further reading

* “lamber”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10