llombrígol

Catalan

Etymology

From a variant of Old Occitan [Term?] (compare Occitan embonígol), from a Vulgar Latin *umbilīculus, diminutive of Latin umbilīcus, with agglutination of a preceding definite article in Catalan (l'ombrígol). Compare also the development of French nombril, Romanian buric. The Latin derives from Proto-Indo-European *h₃nobʰilos (“navel”), from *h₃nebʰ-.

Pronunciation

(Balearic) IPA^(key): /ʎumˈbɾi.ɡol/

(Central) IPA^(key): /ʎumˈbɾi.ɡul/

(Valencian) IPA^(key): /ʎomˈbɾi.ɡol/

Noun

llombrígol m (plural llombrígols)

(anatomy) navel; belly button

Related terms

melic

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