colmeia
See also: colméia
Portuguese edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese colmẽa, inherited from Vulgar Latin *colmēna, from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, most likely from Proto-Celtic *kolmēnā, derived from *kŏlmos (“straw”). Compare Galician colmea and Spanish colmena.
Pronunciation edit
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kolˈmɐj.ɐ/ [koɫˈmɐj.ɐ], /kɔlˈmɐj.ɐ/ [kɔɫˈmɐj.ɐ]
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /kolˈmej.ɐ/ [koɫˈmej.ɐ], /kɔlˈmej.ɐ/ [kɔɫˈmej.ɐ]
- (Central Portugal) IPA(key): /kolˈmej.ɐ/ [koɫˈmej.ɐ], /kɔlˈmej.ɐ/ [kɔɫˈmej.ɐ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /kolˈme.ɐ/ [koɫˈme.ɐ], /kɔlˈme.ɐ/ [kɔɫˈme.ɐ]
- Hyphenation: col‧mei‧a
Noun edit
colmeia f (plural colmeias)
Derived terms edit
- colmeeiro (“apiarist”)