entena

Galician

Entena

Alternative forms

• antena

Etymology 1

Attested since 1707. Unknown origin; perhaps from a substrate *antenna. Alternatively from Latin antenna (“pole”), because of the poles that were inserted across the beehives as supporters of the honeycombs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /enˈtena̝/

Noun

entena f (plural entenas)

1. 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

   Synonyms: favo, panal, trevo

Etymology 2

Attested since 1370. Inherited from Latin antemna (“pole”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /enˈtena̝/

Noun

entena f (plural entenas)

1. (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

   Synonym: verga

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

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Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀏𑀦𑁆𑀢𑁂𑀦 (Brahmi script)
• एन्तेन (Devanagari script)
• এন্তেন (Bengali script)
• එන‍්තෙන (Sinhalese script)
• ဧန္တေန or ဨန္တေန or ဢေၼ္တေၼ or ဢေၼ်တေၼ (Burmese script)
• เอนฺเตน or เอนเตนะ (Thai script)
• ᩑᨶ᩠ᨲᩮᨶ (Tai Tham script)
• ເອນ຺ເຕນ or ເອນເຕນະ (Lao script)
• ឯន្តេន (Khmer script)
• 𑄃𑄬𑄚𑄴𑄖𑄬𑄚 (Chakma script)

Adjective

entena

1. masculine/neuter instrumental singular of enta, which is present active participle of enti (“to come”)

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /enˈtena/ [ẽn̪ˈt̪e.na]
• Rhymes: -ena
• Hyphenation: en‧te‧na

Noun

entena f (plural entenas)

1. (nautical) A yard on a lateen