maquía
See also: maquia
Galician edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic مَكِيلَة (makíla), from Arabic مَكِيلَة (makīla). Compare Spanish maquila.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
maquía f (plural maquías)
- (historical) the share of flour a miller would receive as payment
- Non fíes en maquía de muiñeiro, nin creas en comida de despenseiro. (proverb)
- Don't trust the share of the miller nor the food of the storekeeper.
- (historical) a dry measure
- (historical) period of time that the co-owner of a mill has for using it
- Synonym: quenda
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “maquia” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “maquía” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “maquía” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “maquía” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.