Inherited fromLatinlimbus(“hem, fringe”).Doublet oflimbo, a borrowing.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlem.bo/
• Rhymes:-embo
• Hyphenation:lém‧bo

lembo m (plurallembi)

1. hem

   Synonym:orlo

2. strip (of material or land)

• lémbo in Treccani.it –Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Learned borrowing fromLatinlembus, fromAncient Greekλέμβος(lémbos).

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛm.bo/,/ˈlem.bo/^[1]
• Rhymes:-ɛmbo,-embo
• Hyphenation:lèm‧bo,lém‧bo

lembo m (plurallembi)

1. (archaic)name of several types ofwatercraft, especially light, fast ones

• lèmbo in Treccani.it –Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• llembo

Perhaps composed of two elements, the second also being found inhulbo(“soft-headed fellow”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛmbɔ/

lembo m (plurallembos,not mutable)

1. (North Wales)(derogatory)slow-wittedperson,blockhead,idiot

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “lembo”, inGeiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

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