gamba

Etymology

From viola da gamba, ultimately from Italian gamba (“leg”). Doublet of jamb.

Noun

gamba (plural gambas)

1. (music) Abbreviation of viola da gamba.
2. (music) A rank of organ pipes, so-called for a supposed resemblance of the sound to that of a viola da gamba.

Noun

gamba f (plural gambes)

1. leg

Noun

gamba f (plural gambes)

1. shrimp

Pronunciation

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Noun

gamba f (plural gamba's, diminutive gambaatje n)

1. viola da gamba

   Synonym: knieviool

2. prawn

Noun

gamba f (plural gambas)

1. large prawn

Noun

gamba

1. water

   yoowarni gamba ― one serving of water

2. wet season
3. year (because years are measured from one wet season to the next)

   yoowarni gamba ― one year

References

• William B. McGregor, A Functional Grammar of Gooniyandi (1990, →ISBN, page 260

Noun

gamba (plural gambas)

1. leg

Noun

gamba m (genitive singular gamba, nominative plural gambaí)

1. lump, hunk, dollop

Mutation

Further reading

• "gamba" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Entries containing “gamba” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “gamba” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Etymology

From Late Latin gamba, from Ancient Greek καμπή (kampḗ), from Proto-Indo-European *kamp- (“to bend; crooked”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡamba]

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Noun

gamba f (plural gambe)

1. leg (from knee to ankle)
2. leg (of furniture)
3. stroke (of a letter)

See also

• coscia
• piede

Etymology

From Italian gamba or Vulgar Latin *gambarus, from Latin gammarus, cammarus (“lobster”), from Ancient Greek κάμμαρος (kámmaros).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: gam‧ba

Noun

gamba f (plural gambas)

1. shrimp (decapod crustacean)

   Synonym: camarão

Etymology

From Italian gamba or Vulgar Latin *gambarus, from Latin gammarus, cammarus (“lobster”), from Ancient Greek κάμμαρος (kámmaros).

Noun

gamba f (plural gambas)

1. (Argentina, colloquial) leg

   Synonym: pierna

2. (Spain) shrimp

   Synonym: camarón (Latin America)

3. (Chile, colloquial) 100 pesos

Noun

gamba (ma class, plural magamba)

1. bark (of a tree)
2. skin (of a scaly animal)
3. scale (of an animal)
4. armor
5. shell