colmẽa

Old Portuguese

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *culmēna, feminine of *culmēnus, from Latin culmus. Alternatively of Celtic origin.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kol.ˈmẽ.a/

Noun

colmẽa f

beehive
- 13th century, attributed to Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 128 (facsimile):
  Eſta e do corpo de n[oſtr]o ſennor / que un uilão metera en hũa / ſa colmẽa […]
  This one is (about) the body of our Lord, which a peasant placed in one of his beehives […]

Descendants

Fala: colmea
Galician: colmea
Portuguese: colmeia

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