hormiga

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish formiga, from Latin formīca, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *morwi-.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /oɾˈmiɡa/ [oɾˈmi.ɣ̞a]
Audio (Colombia): (file)
Rhymes: -iɡa
Syllabification: hor‧mi‧ga

Noun

hormiga f (plural hormigas)

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Derived terms

Descendants

→ Cebuano: holmigas, lamigas
→ Waray-Waray: haromigas

Further reading

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

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