entena
Galician
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Etymology 1
Attested since 1707. Unknown origin; perhaps from a substrate *antenna.[1] Alternatively from Latin antenna (“pole”), because of the poles that were inserted across the beehives as supporters of the honeycombs.
Pronunciation
Noun
entena f (plural entenas)
- honeycomb
- 1707, Salvador Francisco Roel, Entremés ao real e feliz parto da nosa raíña:
- e de mel vnha caldeyra, que os meus cobos e cortizos teñen moy boas entenas
- and a cauldron of honey, because my beehives have very good honeycombs
- e de mel vnha caldeyra, que os meus cobos e cortizos teñen moy boas entenas
- 1707, Salvador Francisco Roel, Entremés ao real e feliz parto da nosa raíña:
Etymology 2
Attested since 1370. Inherited from Latin antemna (“pole”).[2]
Pronunciation
Noun
entena f (plural entenas)
- (nautical) yard
- 1370, Ramón Lorenzo (ed.), Crónica troiana. A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 689:
- Os mastos et os lostres et as entenas et as uelas, que erã muy preçadas et de muytas collores, todas forõ rronpudas
- The masts and the [lostres: unknown meaning] and the yards and the sails, which were very precious and of many colours, were all broken
- Os mastos et os lostres et as entenas et as uelas, que erã muy preçadas et de muytas collores, todas forõ rronpudas
- Synonym: verga
- 1370, Ramón Lorenzo (ed.), Crónica troiana. A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 689:
References
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- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “entena”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
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- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “entena”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Pali
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Adjective
entena
- masculine/neuter instrumental singular of enta, which is present active participle of enti (“to come”)
Spanish
Pronunciation
Noun
entena f (plural entenas)
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