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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]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
[edit]Noun
[edit]entena f (plural entenas)
- honeycomb
- 1707, Salvador Francisco Roel, Entremés ao real e feliz parto da nosa raíña[1]:
- 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
[edit]Attested since 1370. Inherited from Latin antemna (“pole”).[2]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]entena f (plural entenas)
- (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
[edit]- Ernesto Xosé 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: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “entena”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “entena”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “entena”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “entena”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “antología”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “antena”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Pali
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Adjective
[edit]entena
- masculine/neuter instrumental singular of enta, which is present active participle of enti (“to come”)
Spanish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]entena f (plural entenas)
Further reading
[edit]- “entena”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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