lembo

Inherited from Latin limbus (“hem, fringe”). Doublet of limbo, a borrowing.

• limbo (archaic)^[1]
• lempo (archaic and dialectal)^[2]

• IPA^(key): /ˈlem.bo/^[3][4]
• Rhymes: -embo
• Hyphenation: lém‧bo

lembo m (plural lembi)

1. hem

   Synonym: orlo

2. strip (of material or land)

• lémbo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907), “lembo”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati

Learned borrowing from Latin lembus, from Ancient Greek λέμβος (lémbos).

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛm.bo/^[4]
• Rhymes: -ɛmbo
• Hyphenation: lèm‧bo

lembo m (plural lembi) (archaic)

1. name of several types of watercraft, especially light, fast ones

• lèmbo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• lembo in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɫɛm.boː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈlɛm.bo]

lembō

1. dative/ablative singular of lembus

• llembo

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛmbɔ/

lembo m (plural lembos, not mutable)

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

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