femia

See also: Femia

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin fēmina.

Noun

femia f

1. female

Galician

Alternative forms

• fema, fémea

Etymology

Independently attested in Old Galician-Portuguese as femea (Galicia) and femea, femẽa (Portugal); from Latin fēmina (“woman, wife, female”). Cognate with Portuguese fêmea and Spanish hembra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfemjɐ]

Noun

femia f (plural femias)

1. a female

   Antonyms: macho, varón

2. socket; female of a mechanical joint or structure; eye

   Antonym: macho

Usage notes

The noun is occasionally used as an adjective in apposition: unha ra femia, un sapo femia.

Adjective

femia m or f (plural femias)

1. female

Derived terms

• fieito femia
• tinta femia

References

• “femea” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “femea” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “femia” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “femia” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “femia” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.