Noun: pomba
Gender: f
Hyphenation:
| Singular m | pombo |
| Singular f | pomba |
| Plural m | pombos |
| Plural f | pombas |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like pomba
sereia,
bisneta,
novinha,
donzela,
cunhada,
doméstica,
filha,
bruxa,
pomba,
viúva,
fia,
tia,
santa,
afilhada,
trisneta,
trineta,
bailarina,
garota,
macaca,
casada, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese poomba (13th century: Cantigas de Santa Maria), from earlier Old Galician-Portuguese paomba, from Proto-Ibero-Romance palomba, from Vulgar Latin palumba, from Latin palumbus, from Proto-Indo-European *pal-wo (“dark-colored, gray”). Doublet of Paloma. See: Latin Nouns '
palumbus'.
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