abella

• apella (High Aragonese)

From Latin apicula, diminutive of apis.

abella f (plural abellas, diminutive abelleta)

1. bee

From Latin apicula, diminutive of apis.

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /əˈbə.ʎə/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /əˈbɛ.ʎə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /aˈbe.ʎa/

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abella f (plural abelles)

1. bee
2. swallowtail sea perch (Anthias anthias)

   Synonyms: cabut, forcadella

• “abella” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “abella”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023

From Old Galician-Portuguese abella (“bee”), from Latin apicula.

• IPA^(key): /aˈbeʎa/

abella f (plural abellas)

1. (Lagarteiru, Valverdeñu) bee, wasp

   Synonym: avespa

• Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu [Fala Dictionary]‎, CIDLeS, →ISBN, page 36

From Old Galician-Portuguese abella (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin apicula, diminutive of apis. Cognate with Portuguese abelha and Spanish abeja.

• IPA^(key): [aˈβeʎa̝]

abella f (plural abellas)

1. bee

• Abella
• Abellal
• abellariza
• Abelleira
• abelleiro

• “abella” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “abella” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “abella” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “abella” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “abella” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

From Latin apicula, diminutive of apis (“bee”).

• IPA^(key): /a.ˈbe.ʎa/

abella f (plural abellas)

1. bee (flying insect)

• Fala: abella
• Galician: abella
• Portuguese: abelha