kemba

== Faroese == === Etymology === From Old Norse kemba, from Proto-Germanic *kambijaną (from the Germanic root of kambur). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃʰɛmpa] Rhymes: -ɛmpa === Verb === kemba (third person singular past indicative kembdi, third person plural past indicative kembt, supine kembt) to comb ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Synonyms ==== greiða == Icelandic == === Etymology === From Old Norse kemba, from Proto-Germanic *kambijaną (from the Germanic root of kambur). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈcʰɛmpa] Rhymes: -ɛmpa === Verb === kemba (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative kembdi, supine kembt) to comb [with accusative] Synonym: greiða (computer science) to debug; (to search for and eliminate malfunctioning elements or errors in something, especially a computer program or machinery) [with accusative] Synonym: aflúsa ==== Usage notes ==== This term in the sense of combing is used less than greiða, which may be considered the most usual term for combing. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== kemba hærurnar ==== Related terms ==== kambur ==== See also ==== hæra == Old Norse == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *kambijaną (itself from the Germanic root of kambr, Proto-Germanic *kambaz), whence also Old English cemban (English kemb), Old High German kemben, chempan (German kämmen). === Verb === kemba to comb ==== Descendants ==== === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “kemba”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive