carba

See also: carba-

Galician

Etymology

Unknown; from a substrate language, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kr̥-wós (compare Latin curvus, "bent").^[1] Compare also Asturian carba (“brushwood”); garbu, gárabu (“small branch”), Basque garbasta, garbazta (“pole with branches”) and Sardinian carba, carva (“tree branch”).^[2]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaɾβa̝/

Noun

carba f (plural carbas)

1. sessile oak (Quercus petraea)
2. oak stump
3. heath

Derived terms

• Carba
• carballo

References

1. Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “garabato”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Gredos
2. Pittau, Massimo (2013), La lingua dei protosardi e quella dei baschi, at pittau.it

Further reading

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “carba”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “carba”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “carba”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Sardinian

Alternative forms

• carva

Etymology

Of unknown origin. Possibly belonging to the alleged Nuragic substrate. According to Pittau (2013), it should be connected to Asturian carba (“brushwood”), garbu, gárabu (“small branch”), Basque garbasta, garbazta (“pole with branches”).^[1] Compare also Galician carba (“oak stump”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkarba/, [ˈkär.β̞ä]

Noun

carba f

1. tree branch

References

1. Pittau, Massimo (2013), La lingua dei protosardi e quella dei baschi, at pittau.it

Further reading

• “carba” in Ditzionàriu in línia de sa limba e de sa cultura sarda (2016). Searchable in multiple languages at ditzionariu.sardegnacultura.it