colmena

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *colmēna, from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, most likely from Proto-Celtic *kolmēnā, derived from *kŏlmos (“straw”). Compare Galician colmea and Portuguese colmeia.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kolˈmena/ [kolˈme.na]
Audio (Colombia): (file)
Rhymes: -ena
Syllabification: col‧me‧na

Noun

colmena f (plural colmenas)

beehive

Derived terms

colmenar (“apiary”)
colmenero (“beekeeper”)
colmenilla

Descendants

→ Central Tarahumara: kolimena
→ Tetelcingo Nahuatl: cormiena, colmiena

Further reading

“colmena”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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