arroua
Old Spanish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Andalusian Arabic, from Arabic رُبْع (rubʕ, “fourth”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editarroua f (plural arrouas)
- arroba (Spanish unit of weight)
- c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 25r:
- Et fallan dellas muy grandes aſſi que dixo el que compuſo eſte libro que uio una que peſaua dos arrouas. ⁊ pero era muy liuiana ſegund ſu grandez.
- And they find them in great sizes, so the writer of this book said that he saw one that weighed two arrobas, but it was very light for its size.
Descendants
edit- Spanish: arroba