llamber

Asturian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Leonese llamber. from Latin lambere (lick, lap).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʎamˈbeɾ/ [ʎãmˈbeɾ]
  • Rhymes: -eɾ
  • Syllabification: llam‧ber

Verb

llamber (first-person singular indicative present llambo, past participle llambíu)

  1. to lick
  2. to lap up with the tongue
  3. to eat candy or sweets

Conjugation

Further reading

  • Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “llamber”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN
  • llamber”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN

Old Leonese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Latin lambere (lick, lap). Found in a text written in Spanish with Leonese influence (Otas de Roma) dating to the 15h century as llambiendole and in another similar (De Proprietatibus Rerum) as lamber, a translation from Latin to Spanish with very heavy influence from Leonese.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʎamˈbeɾ/

Verb

llamber

  1. to lick

Descendants

  • Asturian: llamber, llambiar
  • Leonese: llambere
  • Mirandese: lhamber

References

  1. ^ María de las Nieves Sánchez González de Herrero, Manuscritos medievales asturiano-leoneses no literarios (from the University of Salamanca) in Lletres Asturianes nº100 (2009) Pgs.45-62