ermana

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Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish hermana.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔeɾˈmana/ [ʔeɾˈma.n̪a]
  • Hyphenation: er‧ma‧na

Noun

ermána (masculine ermano, Basahan spelling ᜁᜍ᜔ᜋᜈ)

  1. sister (female sibling)
    Synonym: tugang

See also

Ladino

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish ermana, from Latin germāna. Compare Spanish hermana.

Pronunciation

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Noun

ermana f (Hebrew spelling אירמאנה, plural ermanas, masculine ermano)[1]

  1. sister (a daughter of the same parents as another person; a female sibling)
    Hyponym: ermanika
    • 2006, Matilda Koén-Sarano, Por el plazer de kontar[1], page 335:
      "Mira, ay está mi ermana Geula!" me dize Aharon.
      ‘Look, there’s my sister Geula!’ Aharon said to me.

References

  1. ^ ermana”, in Trezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola [Treasure of the Judeo-Spanish Language] (in Ladino, Hebrew, and English), Instituto Maale Adumim

Old Spanish

Etymology

Feminine form of ermano (brother), or from Latin germāna.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eɾˈmana/

Noun

ermana f (plural ermanas, masculine singular ermano, masculine plural ermanos)

  1. sister
    • c. 1200, Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 23v. a:
      emurio alli mariã el ermana de aron q̃ nõ auiã q̃ comer nĩ q̃ beuer
      and there died Miriam, the sister of Aaron, who had nothing to eat or to drink
    • Idem, f. 80v. b.
      alli eran maria & marta ermanas delazaro el q̃ ressucito ih̃u x̊
      there lived Mary and Martha, sisters of Lazarus, the one whom Jesus Christ had resurrected

Descendants

  • Ladino: ermana
  • Spanish: hermana