ermana
Ladino
Etymology
From Old Spanish ermana, from Latin germāna. Compare Spanish hermana.
Noun
ermana f (Latin spelling, plural ermanas)
- sister
Coordinate terms
- (gender): ermano
Old Spanish
Etymology
Feminine form of ermano (“brother”), or from Latin germāna.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [erˈma.na]
Noun
ermana f (plural ermanas, masculine singular ermano, masculine plural ermanos)
- sister
- c. 1200, Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 23v. a.
- emurio alli mariã el ermana de aron q̃ nõ auiã q̃ comer nĩ q̃ beuer
- and there died Miriam, the sister of Aaron, who had nothing to eat or to drink
- emurio alli mariã el ermana de aron q̃ nõ auiã q̃ comer nĩ q̃ beuer
- Idem, f. 80v. b.
- alli eran maria & marta ermanas delazaro el q̃ ressucito ih̃u x̊
- there lived Mary and Martha, sisters of Lazarus, the one whom Jesus Christ had resurrected
- alli eran maria & marta ermanas delazaro el q̃ ressucito ih̃u x̊
- c. 1200, Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 23v. a.
Descendants
- Ladino: ermana
- Spanish: hermana