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): (Valencia) [foɾˈmi.ɣa]

• Audio (Valencia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -iɡa

Noun

formiga f (plural formigues)

1. ant

Derived terms

• blat de formiga
• formiga lleó
• formigat
• formigueig
• formiguejar
• formiguer

 

References

• “formiga” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “formiga”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “formiga” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “formiga” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Alternative forms

• forniga, furmía, furmiga

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

• Formiga
• Formigoso
• formigueiro
• Formigueiro
• Formigueiros

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

• AEDLL
• Pallabreiru Llïonés

Occitan

Alternative forms

• fourmigo, fourmiguo (Mistralian)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [furˈmiɣo]

• Audio (Languedoc):

  (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

• Universo Cantigas - "formiga"

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /foʁˈmi.ɡɐ/ [foɦˈmi.ɡɐ], /fuʁˈmi.ɡɐ/ [fuɦˈmi.ɡɐ]

• (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

• Kabuverdianu: furminga, forminga
• Papiamentu: fruminga, vruminga

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