formiga

See also: Formiga and formìga

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin formīca.

Noun

formiga f (plural formigues)

  1. ant

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin formīca (compare Occitan formiga, French fourmi, Spanish hormiga), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *morwi-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [furˈmi.ɣə]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [foɾˈmi.ɣa]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -iɡa

Noun

formiga f (plural formigues)

  1. ant

Derived terms

References

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese formiga (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin formīca. Compare Portuguese formiga and Spanish hormiga,

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fʊɾˈmiɣɐ/

Noun

formiga f (plural formigas)

  1. 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

References

  • 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

Etymology

Inherited from Latin formīca.

Noun

formiga f (plural formigas)

  1. ant

References

Occitan

Alternative forms

  • fourmigo, fourmiguo (Mistralian)

Etymology

From Old Occitan [Term?], from Latin formīca.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [furˈmiɣo]
  • (file)

Noun

formiga f (plural formigas)

  1. ant

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin formīca.

Noun

formiga f

  1. ant

Descendants

  • Fala: furniga, fulmiga, furmiga
  • Galician: formiga
  • Portuguese: formiga (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /foʁˈmi.ɡɐ/ [foɦˈmi.ɡɐ], /fuʁˈmi.ɡɐ/ [fuɦˈmi.ɡɐ]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /foɾˈmi.ɡɐ/, /fuɾˈmi.ɡɐ/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /foʁˈmi.ɡɐ/, /fuʁˈmi.ɡɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /foɻˈmi.ɡa/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /fuɾˈmi.ɡɐ/ [fuɾˈmi.ɣɐ]

  • Hyphenation: for‧mi‧ga

Etymology 1

formiga

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese formiga, from Latin formīca, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *morwi- (ant). Compare Galician formiga and Spanish hormiga.

Noun

formiga f (plural formigas)

  1. ant
Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:formiga.

Descendants

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

formiga

  1. inflection of formigar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Sardinian

Etymology

From Latin formīca, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *morwi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /forˈmiɡa/

Noun

formiga f (plural formigas)

  1. (Limba Sarda Comuna) ant

Venetian

Etymology

See formìga.

Noun

formiga f (plural formighe)

  1. ant
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