entena

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Galician

Entena

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Etymology 1

Attested since 1707. Unknown origin; perhaps from a substrate *antenna. Alternatively from Latin antenna (“pole”), because of the poles that were inserted across the beehives as supporters of the honeycombs.

Pronunciation

Noun

entena f (plural entenas)

  1. honeycomb
    Synonyms: favo, panal, trevo
    • 1707, Salvador Francisco Roel, Entremés ao real e feliz parto da nosa raíña‎:
      e de mel vnha caldeyra, que os meus cobos e cortizos teñen moy boas entenas
      and a cauldron of honey, because my beehives have very good honeycombs

Etymology 2

Attested since 1370. Inherited from Latin antemna (“pole”).

Pronunciation

Noun

entena f (plural entenas)

  1. (nautical) yard
    Synonym: verga
    • 1370, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, 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 sprits and the yards and the sails, which were very precious and of many colours, were all broken

References

  • Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “entena”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
  • Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “entena”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
  • “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. ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “antología”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
  2. ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “antena”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

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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/
  • Rhymes: -ena
  • Syllabification: en‧te‧na

Noun

entena f (plural entenas)

  1. (nautical) a yard on a lateen

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