femna
Occitan edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Occitan femna, from Latin fēmina.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
femna f (plural femnas) (Languedoc, Limousin)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 318.
Old Spanish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
femna m (plural femnas)
- female
- c. 1200, La Fazienda de Ultramar, fol 36v
- (...) metras en el archa por uenir contigo maslo e femna (...)
- You shall put in the ark for coming with you male and female (...)
- c. 1200, La Fazienda de Ultramar, fol 36v
Descendants edit
- Spanish: hembra
References edit
- Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1984) “gorgojo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes III (G–Ma), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 175