almo̱n

Highland Puebla Nahuatl

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish almú, variant of Spanish almud, from Andalusian Arabic المُدّ‎ (almúdd), from Arabic مُدّ‎ (mudd), from Latin modius.

Compare Tetelcingo Nahuatl almu.

Noun

almo̱n

  1. Almud, a unit of volume.

References
  • Key, Harold; Ritchie de Key, Mary (1953) Vocabulario mejicano de la Sierra de Zacapoaxtla, Puebla, México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 107
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