abeja

abeja

1. partitive plural of abi

• abejas

Likely derived from abeji (“both”).

abejà f (plural ãbejos) stress pattern 3^b

1. doubt, uncertainty

• abejìngas (“indifferent, negligent”)

• abejaĩp (“in both ways”)
• ãbejas (id)
• ãbejetas (“couple, pair”)
• abejópas (“done in both ways”), abejópai (adverb)
• abejóti (“to doubt”)
• abejur̃ (“in both places”)

• Wojciech Smoczyński (2018) “abeja”, in Lithuanian Etymological Dictionary, Berlin, Germany: Peter Lang, →DOI, →ISBN, page 1

Inherited from Latin apicula.

• IPA^(key): /aˈbeʒa/

abeja f (plural abejas)

1. bee
   • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 82r:

     […] A cabo de dias tornos por préder la ⁊ aplego por ueer o ẏazia el leó muerto. efallo enel cuerpo del leó .j. enſáne dabejas e mẏel : crebátolo có ſus manos ⁊ comẏo

     […] After some days he returned to take her, and he approached to see where the dead lion lay. And he found in the lion's carcass a swarm of bees and honey. So he broke it with his hands and ate.

• Spanish: abeja

Inherited from Old Spanish abeja, from Latin apicula.

• IPA^(key): /aˈbexa/ [aˈβ̞e.xa]

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• Rhymes: -exa
• Syllabification: a‧be‧ja

abeja f (plural abejas)

1. bee (the insect)

   Coordinate term: zángano

• avispa

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