camba

== Asturian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkamba/ [ˈkãm.ba] Rhymes: -amba Syllabification: cam‧ba === Etymology 1 === From Proto-Celtic *kambos (“curved”). Cognate with Walloon tchame (“wheelrim”), Old Irish camm (“crooked, bent”), Welsh cam (“crooked”). ==== Noun ==== camba f (plural cambes) each one of the bent pieces of the felly (in a traditional wooden wheel) ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === From Latin camba (“leg”). Last attested in 1946 (Ensayo de un Vocabulario Bable de la Rima, Antonio García Oliveros, 1946). ==== Noun ==== camba f (plural cambes) (obsolete) leg === References === === Further reading === Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “camba”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN “camba”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1st edition, Academy of the Asturian Language [Asturian: Academia de la Llingua Asturiana], 2000, →ISBN == Galician == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkamba/ [ˈkɑm.bɐ] Rhymes: -amba Hyphenation: cam‧ba === Etymology 1 === From Proto-Celtic *kambos (“curved”). Cognate with Walloon tchame (“wheelrim”), Old Irish camm (“crooked, bent”), Welsh cam (“crooked”). ==== Noun ==== camba f (plural cambas) each one of the bent pieces of the felly (in a traditional wooden wheel) doorjamb of the oven handmill curved beam of the plough ===== Derived terms ===== ==== References ==== Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “camba”, 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), “camba”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “camba”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== camba inflection of cambar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative == Latin == === Alternative forms === gamba === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek καμπή (kampḗ). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkam.ba] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkam.ba] === Noun === camba f (genitive cambae); first declension (Late Latin) leg ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== Asturian: camba Catalan: cama Franco-Provençal: chamba Gascon: cama Occitan: camba, chamba Old Spanish: cama === References === “gamba”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press "camba", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “gamba”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 703/1. == Occitan == === Etymology === From Late Latin camba === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkambo/ === Noun === camba f (plural cambas) leg stem (plants) ==== Dialectal variants ==== cama chamba ==== Derived terms ==== cambajon == Portuguese == === Verb === camba inflection of cambar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative == Salar == === Etymology === Borrowed from Amdo Tibetan [Term?]. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʝɑmpɑ(ː)/, /ʝɑmpɑχ/ === Noun === camba (3rd person possessive cambası, plural cambalar) (anatomy) cheek side === References === 林莲云 [Lin Lianyun] (1985), “camba”, in 撒拉语简志 [A Brief History of Salar]‎[3], Beijing: 民族出版社: 琴書店, →OCLC, page 123 Tenishev, Edhem (1976), “camba”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow: Nauka, page 371 Yakup, Abdurishid (2002), “camba”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon‎[4], Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, page 84 马伟 [Ma Wei] (2016), “camba”, in 濒危语言——撒拉语研究 [Endangered Languages ​​- Salar Language Studies], 青海 [Qīnghǎi, Qinghai]: 青海师范大学 [Qinghai Normal University], unpublished finalized project manuscript (国家社会科学基金项目结项稿, 定稿; National Social Science Fund of China), page 46 == Spanish == === Etymology === From a vesre form of bacán. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkamba/ [ˈkãm.ba] Rhymes: -amba Syllabification: cam‧ba === Noun === camba m (plural cambas) (vesre) pimp === Verb === camba inflection of cambar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “camba”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025