sombrancelha

Portuguese

Etymology

By extending the nasality in sobrancelha backward, from /ɐ̃/ to /o/. Alternatively, from the reinterpreted sombracelha, spreading the nasality in the opposite direction.

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: -eʎɐ
  • Hyphenation: som‧bran‧ce‧lha

Noun

sombrancelha f (plural sombrancelhas)

  1. (Brazil, sometimes childish) nonstandard form of sobrancelha (“eyebrow”)
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