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Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish hermana.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔeɾˈmana/
- Hyphenation: er‧ma‧na
Noun
ermána (masculine ermano, Basahan spelling ᜁᜍ᜔ᜋᜈ)
- sister (female sibling)
- Synonym: tugang
See also
Ladino
Etymology
From Old Spanish ermana, from Latin germāna. Compare Spanish hermana.
Noun
ermana f (Latin spelling, plural ermanas)
- sister
- Coordinate term: (gender) ermano
Old Spanish
Etymology
Feminine form of ermano (“brother”), or from Latin germāna.
Pronunciation
Noun
ermana f (plural ermanas, masculine singular ermano, masculine plural ermanos)
- sister
- c. 1200, Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 23v. a.
emurio alli mariã el ermana de aron q̃ nõ auiã q̃ comer nĩ q̃ beuer- and there died Miriam, the sister of Aaron, who had nothing to eat or to drink
- Idem, f. 80v. b.
- alli eran maria & marta ermanas delazaro el q̃ ressucito ih̃u x̊
- there lived Mary and Martha, sisters of Lazarus, the one whom Jesus Christ had resurrected
Descendants