# formiga
## Asturian
### Etymology

From Latin formīca.

### Noun

formiga f (plural formigues)
* ant

## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin formīca (compare Occitan formiga, French fourmi, Spanish hormiga), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *morwi-.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [furˈmi.ɣə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [foɾˈmi.ɣa]
* Audio (Valencia):(file)
* Rhymes: -iɡa

### Noun

formiga f (plural formigues)
* 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, 2025
* “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: /foɾˈmiɡa/ [foɾˈmi.ɣ̞ɐ], /fuɾˈmiɡa/ [fuɾˈmi.ɣ̞ɐ]
* IPA: (standard) /foɾˈmiɡa/ [foɾˈmi.ɣ̞ɐ], /fuɾˈmiɡa/ [fuɾˈmi.ɣ̞ɐ]
* IPA: (gheada) /foɾˈmiħa/ [foɾˈmi.ħɐ], /fuɾˈmiħa/ [fuɾˈmi.ħɐ]
* Rhymes: -iɡa
* Rhymes: -iɡa
* Rhymes: -iħa

### Noun

formiga f (plural formigas)
* 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 impotenteA 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)
* ant

### References

* AEDLL
* Pallabreiru Llïonés

## Occitan
### Alternative forms

* fourmigo, fourmiguo (Mistralian)

### Etymology

From Old Occitan [Term?], from Latin formīca.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [furˈmiɣo]
* Audio (Languedoc):(file)

### Noun

formiga f (plural formigas)
* ant

## Old Galician-Portuguese
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /foɾˈmiɡa/
* Rhymes: -iɡa
* Hyphenation: for‧mi‧ga

### Noun

formiga f (plural formigas)
* ant

#### Descendants

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

### References

* Manuel Ferreiro (2014–2025) “formiga”, in Universo Cantigas. Edición crítica da poesía medieval galego-portuguesa (in Galician), A Coruña: University of A Coruña, →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: Instituto da Lingua Galega

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /foʁˈmi.ɡɐ/ [foɦˈmi.ɡɐ], /fuʁˈmi.ɡɐ/ [fuɦˈmi.ɡɐ]
* (Brazil) IPA: /foʁˈmi.ɡɐ/ [foɦˈmi.ɡɐ], /fuʁˈmi.ɡɐ/ [fuɦˈmi.ɡɐ]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /foɾˈmi.ɡɐ/, /fuɾˈmi.ɡɐ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /foʁˈmi.ɡɐ/, /fuʁˈmi.ɡɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /foɻˈmi.ɡa/
* (Portugal) IPA: /fuɾˈmi.ɡɐ/ [fuɾˈmi.ɣɐ]
* Hyphenation: for‧mi‧ga

### Etymology 1

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)
* ant
** 2006, Richard Diegues, André Vianco, Alexandre Heredia, Visões de São Paulo - Ensaios Urbanos, Tarja Editorial, →ISBN, page 13:Formigas. Formiguinhas pequenininhas, marchando em linha. E elas falam. Elas dizem coisas impossíveis de entender porque eu não falo formiguês.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

##### Descendants

* Kabuverdianu: furminga, forminga
* Papiamentu: fruminga, vruminga

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

formiga
* inflection of formigar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Sardinian
### Etymology

From Latin formīca, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *morwi.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /forˈmiɡa/

### Noun

formiga f (plural formigas)
* (Limba Sarda Comuna) ant

## Venetan
### Etymology

See formìga.

### Noun

formiga f (plural formighe)
* ant