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, from Latin formīca, from Proto-Italic *mormīkā, from Proto-Indo-European *morwi-.

Compare Portuguese formiga and Spanish hormiga,

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /foɾˈmiɡa/ [foɾˈmi.ɣ̞ɐ], /fuɾˈmiɡa/ [fuɾˈmi.ɣ̞ɐ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /foɾˈmiɡa/ [foɾˈmi.ɣ̞ɐ], /fuɾˈmiɡa/ [fuɾˈmi.ɣ̞ɐ]
• IPA^(key): (gheada) /foɾˈmiħa/ [foɾˈmi.ħɐ], /fuɾˈmiħa/ [fuɾˈmi.ħɐ]

 

• Rhymes: -iɡa

• Rhymes: -iɡa
• Rhymes: -iħa

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

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “formiga”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “formiga”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “formiga”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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, from Proto-Italic *mormīkā, from Proto-Indo-European *morwi-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /foɾˈmiɡa/
• Rhymes: -iɡa
• Hyphenation: for‧mi‧ga

Noun

formiga f (plural formigas)

1. ant

Descendants

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

References

• Manuel Ferreiro (2014–2024) “formiga”, in Universo Cantigas. Edición crítica da poesía medieval galego-portuguesa (in Galician), A Coruña: UDC, →ISSN
• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “formiga”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “formiga”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG

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, from Proto-Italic *mormīkā, from Proto-Indo-European *morwi-.

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

Venetan

Etymology

See formìga.

Noun

formiga f (plural formighe)

1. ant