entena

entena

Galician

Entena

Alternative forms

• antena

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

• 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”).[2]

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 sprits and the yards and the sails, which were very precious and of many colours, were all broken

   Synonym: verga

References

• “entena” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “entena” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “entena” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “entena” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “entena” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

1. Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991), “antología”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
2. Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991), “antena”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

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Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 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
• Syllabification: en‧te‧na

Noun

entena f (plural entenas)

1. (nautical) a yard on a lateen

Further reading

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