mãduã

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• mãduuã, miduã, miduuã, minduã

Etymology 1

From Latin medulla. Compare Romanian măduvă.

Noun

mãduã f (plural mãduã or mãdui)

1. marrow

Related terms

• mãdular

Etymology 2

From the same as the above. The neuter variant, midulj, may have undergone a shift in gender or came from a Vulgar Latin root *medullum; compare most other Romance cognates which shifted to a masculine form: Italian midollo (with plural midolla), Spanish meollo, Portuguese miolo, Catalan moll.

Alternative forms

• midulj, miduljiu

Noun

mãduã f (plural mãduã or mãdui)

1. brain

Synonyms

• crier