embigo

• beligo, embeligo, imbío, ombigo, umbigo

From Old Galician-Portuguese ẽbijgo, from Latin umbilīcus.

• IPA^(key): [emˈbiɣʊ]

embigo m (plural embigos)

1. navel, belly button
   • 1390, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Os Miragres de Santiago, Madrid: C.S.I.C., page 117:

     Sabe que por mĩ nõ entra ferro senõ por lo ynbiigo

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “ynbiigo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “ynbiigo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “embigo”, 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), “embigo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “embigo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

• imbigo

embigo m (plural embigos)

1. (dated or regional) alternative form of umbigo (“navel”)

• “embigo”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), São Paulo: 7Graus, 2009–2025