barba

Italian (Fiorentino)

noun
Definitions
  • beard
  • (botany) root, rootlet
  • (zoology) barb
  • (colloquial) bore, drag, yawn an event or action which is boring

Etymology

Inherited from Latin barba (beard, a beard) inherited from Proto-Italic *farβā inherited from Proto-Indo-European *bʰardʰeh₂ (beard).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*bʰardʰeh₂

Gloss

beard

Concept
Semantic Field

The body

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

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