moio
See also: mô͘-iōⁿ
English edit
Etymology edit
From Portuguese moio, from Latin modius (“Roman peck of about 9 L”), from modus (“measure”) + -ius (“-y: forming adjectives”). Doublet of moyo.
Noun edit
moio (plural moios)
- (historical) A traditional Portuguese dry measure, equal to about 0.78–1.15 m³ at different places and times.
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Coordinate terms edit
Galician edit
Etymology 1 edit
Verb edit
moio
Etymology 2 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
moio m (plural moios)
- a unit of volume, equivalent to 8 olas or 128 litres
- 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana. Introducción e texto, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 591:
- Sobeiament me pesa porque naçí, ca ia mays de mil moyos de sange de bõos caualeyros son ia uertudos por mj̃.
- I'm really sorry, because since I was born more than a thousand moios of blood of good knights has been poured by me
- (dated) a dry measure equivalent to 12 ferrados
References edit
- “moyo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “moyo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “moio” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “moio” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “moio” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “moio” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From Latin modius, from modus (“measure”) + -ius (“-y: forming adjectives”). Cognate with Spanish moyo and Galician moio.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
moio m (plural moios)
- (historical) moio, Portuguese modius, a traditional large unit of dry volume equal to about 0.78–1.15 m³ at different places and times