avespa

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Fala

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin vespa (“wasp”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈbespa/
  • Rhymes: -espa
  • Syllabification: a‧ves‧pa

Noun

avespa f (plural avespas)

  1. wasp, bee
    Synonym: abella (Lagarteiru, Valverdeñu)

References

  • Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎, 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

Galician

Avespas

Alternative forms

Etymology

Attested since circa 1300 (vespas). From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin vespa. Probably influenced by abella (“bee”). Cognate with Portuguese vespa and Spanish avispa.

Pronunciation

Noun

avespa f (plural avespas)

  1. wasp (insect)
    Synonyms: avéspora, nespra
    • c. 1300, R. Martínez López, editor, General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV, Oviedo: Archivum, page 39:
      cõmo as [avellas], as vespas, as moscas, os vermẽes et as outras cousas taes cõmo estas, quese nõ entende que as Deus mãdase a Noe meter ẽna arca, nẽ el nõ as meteo em ella
      as the bees, the wasps, the flies, the worms and the other things such as these, which one cannot understand how God would have ordered Noah to put in the ark, nor did he put them in it

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