entena
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Galician[edit]
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Etymology 1[edit]
Attested since 1707. Unknown origin; perhaps from a substrate *antenna.[1] Alternatively from Latin antenna (“pole”), because of the poles that were inserted across the beehives as supporters of the honeycombs.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
entena f (plural entenas)
- honeycomb
- 1707, Salvador Francisco Roel, Entremés ao real e feliz parto da nosa raíña[1]:
- e de mel vnha caldeyra, que os meus cobos e cortizos teñen moy boas entenas
- and a cauldron of honey, because my beehives have very good honeycombs
Etymology 2[edit]
Attested since 1370. Inherited from Latin antemna (“pole”).[2]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
entena f (plural entenas)
- (nautical) yard
- Synonym: verga
- 1370, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 689:
- Os mastos et os lostres et as entenas et as uelas, que erã muy preçadas et de muytas collores, todas forõ rronpudas
- The masts and the sprits and the yards and the sails, which were very precious and of many colours, were all broken
References[edit]
- “entena” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “entena” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “entena” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “entena” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “entena” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “antología”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “antena”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Pali[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Alternative forms
Adjective[edit]
entena
- masculine/neuter instrumental singular of enta, which is present active participle of enti (“to come”)
Spanish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
entena f (plural entenas)
Further reading[edit]
- “entena”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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