formiga
Asturian edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
formiga f (plural formigues)
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Latin formīca (compare Occitan formiga, French fourmi, Spanish hormiga), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *morwi-.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [furˈmi.ɣə]
- IPA(key): (Valencian) [foɾˈmi.ɣa]
Audio (Valencian) (file) - Rhymes: -iɡa
Noun edit
formiga f (plural formigues)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “formiga” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “formiga”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “formiga” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “formiga” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Galician edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese formiga (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin formīca. Compare Portuguese formiga and Spanish hormiga,
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
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
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “formiga” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “formig” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “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.
Leonese edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
formiga f (plural formigas)
References edit
Occitan edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Occitan [Term?], from Latin formīca.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
formiga f (plural formigas)
Old Galician-Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
formiga f
Descendants edit
- Fala: furniga, fulmiga, furmiga
- Galician: formiga
- Portuguese: formiga (see there for further descendants)
Further reading edit
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: for‧mi‧ga
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese formiga, from Latin formīca, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *morwi- (“ant”). Compare Galician formiga and Spanish hormiga.
Noun edit
formiga f (plural formigas)
Quotations edit
For quotations using this term, see Citations:formiga.
Descendants edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
formiga
- inflection of formigar:
Sardinian edit
Etymology edit
From Latin formīca, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *morwi.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
formiga f (plural formigas)
- (Limba Sarda Comuna) ant
Venetian edit
Etymology edit
See formìga.
Noun edit
formiga f (plural formighe)