pombeiro.
street seller of poutry (especially pigeons)
Meaning & usage
street seller of poutry (especially pigeons)
a variety of corn (maize)
Citharexylum myrianthum (a species of fiddlewood)
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pelH-der. Proto-Indo-European *pl̥H-wo- Proto-Italic *palwosder.? substrateder.? Latin palumbēs Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Latin palumbāriumder. Portuguese pombeiro Ultimately from Latin palumbārium. By surface analysis, pombo (“pigeon, dove”) + -eiro.
of or relating to that variety of corn (maize)
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pelH-der. Proto-Indo-European *pl̥H-wo- Proto-Italic *palwosder.? substrateder.? Latin palumbēs Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Latin palumbāriumder. Portuguese pombeiro Ultimately from Latin palumbārium. By surface analysis, pombo (“pigeon, dove”) + -eiro.
African slave trader
trader who travelled the sertão to trade with Brazilian Indigenous people
a police detective or informant
a police detective or informant police spy
fish reseller
Where this word comes from
Uncertain. Possibilities include: * From Kimbundu pombe (“messenger”) + -eiro. * For etymology 2 sense 2, pombo (“marketplace”) + -eiro, possibly from Kimbundu mpumbu (“native from the region of Kinshasa”), as a large city known for its marketplace. * Nascentes (1932) proposes Kimbundu pumbelu, though this etymon is disputed by Lopes (1993).
machine made to elevate the river water level
Where this word comes from
Uncertain. Possibly an alteration of bombeiro, from bomba + -eiro. Compare combeiro.
first-person singular present indicative of pombeirar
Where this word comes from
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