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Etymology 1 edit

From Latin medulla. Compare Romanian măduvă.

Noun edit

mãduã f (plural mãduã or mãdui)

  1. marrow
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Etymology 2 edit

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.

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Noun edit

mãduã f (plural mãduã or mãdui)

  1. brain
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