abella

From Vulgar Latin *apicla, from Latin apicula, diminutive of apīs, of uncertain origin.

abella f (plural abellas, diminutive abelleta)

1. bee

From Old Occitan [Term?], from Vulgar Latin *apicla, from Latin apicula, diminutive of apīs, of uncertain origin.

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /əˈbə.ʎə/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /əˈbɛ.ʎə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /aˈbe.ʎa/

abella f (plural abelles)

1. bee

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese abella (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin *apicla, from Latin apicula, diminutive of apīs, of uncertain origin. Cognate with Portuguese abelha and Spanish abeja.

• IPA^(key): /aˈβeʎa̝/

abella f (plural abellas)

1. bee

• Abella
• Abellal
• abellariza
• Abelleira
• abelleiro

• “abella” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “abella” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “abella” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “abella” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “abella” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

From Vulgar Latin *apicla, from Latin apicula (“small bee”), diminutive of apis (“bee”), of uncertain origin.

• IPA^(key): /a.ˈbe.ʎa/

abella f (plural abellas)

1. bee (flying insect)

• colmẽa

• Galician: abella
• Portuguese: abelha