tomín

See also: tomin

Spanish

Etymology

From Andalusian Arabic [script needed] (ṯúmn), from Arabic ثُمْن‎ (ṯumn, “one eighth”). Doublet of azumbre.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /toˈmin/, [t̪oˈmĩn]

Noun

tomín m (plural tomines)

(historical) A Spanish coin equivalent to one third of an adarme or one eighth of a castellano.
(historical) A type of silver coin used in the Americas in times of Spanish colonialism.

Descendants

→ Classical Nahuatl: tomīn
→ Southeastern Tepehuan: tuumiñ

See also

grano

References

“tomín” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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