entena

Galician

Entena

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

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

  • IPA(key): /enˈtena̝/

Noun

entena f (plural entenas)

  1. honeycomb
    Synonyms: favo, panal, trevo

Etymology 2

Attested since 1370. Inherited from Latin antemna (pole).[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /enˈtena̝/

Noun

entena f (plural entenas)

  1. (nautical) yard
    • 1370, Ramón Lorenzo (ed.), 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 [lostres: unknown meaning] and the yards and the sails, which were very precious and of many colours, were all broken
    Synonym: verga

References

  • entena” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
  • entena” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • 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.
  1. Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José A. (1991–1997). Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico. Madrid: Gredos, s.v. antología.
  2. Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José A. (1991–1997). Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico. Madrid: Gredos, s.v. antena.

Pali

Alternative forms

Adjective

entena

  1. masculine/neuter instrumental singular of enta, which is present active participle of enti (to come)

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /enˈtena/, [ẽn̪ˈt̪ena]
  • Rhymes: -ena
  • Hyphenation: en‧te‧na

Noun

entena f (plural entenas)

  1. (nautical) A yard on a lateen
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