moenda

Galician

Etymology

14th century. From Latin molenda, neuter plural gerund of molō. Compare Spanish molienda, Italian molenda.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /moˈenda̝/

Noun

moenda f (plural moendas)

  1. milling
  2. milled grain; flour
    • 1380, José Ignacio Fernández de Viana y Vieites (ed.), Colección diplomática del monasterio de Santa María de Pantón. Lugo: Deputación Provincial, page 90:
      que o adubedes daquelo que le conprir como non perqua moenda cando el tever que moer
      you shall provide [this mill] with everything it could need, so that it don't lose milling time/flour whenever it has to mill

References

  • moenda” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • moenda” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • moenda” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • moenda” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin molenda, neuter plural gerund of molō. Compare Spanish molienda, Italian molenda.

Noun

moenda f (plural moendas)

  1. mill (grinding apparatus)

Synonyms

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