colmẽa
Old Portuguese
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *culmēna, feminine of *culmēnus, from Latin culmus. Alternatively of Celtic origin.
Pronunciation
Noun
colmẽa f
- beehive
- 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 128 (facsimile):
- Eſta e do corpo de n[oſtr]o ſennor / que un uilão metera en hũa / ſa colmẽa […]
- This one is (about) the body of our Lord, which a peasant placed in one of his beehives […]
- Eſta e do corpo de n[oſtr]o ſennor / que un uilão metera en hũa / ſa colmẽa […]
Descendants
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- Old Galician-Portuguese terms derived from Vulgar Latin
- Old Galician-Portuguese terms derived from Latin
- Old Galician-Portuguese terms derived from Celtic languages
- Old Galician-Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
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- Old Galician-Portuguese nouns
- Old Galician-Portuguese feminine nouns