formiga
Catalan
Etymology
From Old Occitan [Term?] (compare Occitan formiga), from Latin formīca (compare French fourmi, Spanish hormiga), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *morwi-.
Pronunciation
Derived terms
- formigat, formigueig, formiguejar, formiguer
Further reading
- “formiga” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Galician
Alternative forms
- forniga, furmía, furmiga
Etymology
From Old Galician and Old Portuguese formiga (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin formīca.
Noun
formiga f (plural formigas)
- ant
- 1958, Xosé Luis Méndez Ferrín, Percival e outras historias:
- Unha formiguiña senlleira e angueirosa, bulindo por antre a herbaxe ollóu, sen facer bruído ningún, como xacía Rasgulkje impotente
- A solitary and hard-working little ant, cruising by the grasses, saw, making no sound, how Rasgulkje laid helpless
- Unha formiguiña senlleira e angueirosa, bulindo por antre a herbaxe ollóu, sen facer bruído ningún, como xacía Rasgulkje impotente
- 1958, Xosé Luis Méndez Ferrín, Percival e outras historias:
Derived terms
- Formiga
- Formigoso
- formigueiro
- Formigueiro
- Formigueiros
References
- “formiga” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
- “formig” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
- “formiga” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
- “formiga” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “formiga” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Occitan
Alternative forms
- fourmigo, fourmiguo (Mistralian)
Etymology
From Old Occitan [Term?], from Latin formīca.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [furˈmiɣo]
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Portuguese formiga, from Latin formīca, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *morwi- (“ant”).
Pronunciation
Quotations
For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:formiga.
Verb
formiga
Quotations
For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:formigar.
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