quião

Indo-Portuguese

Etymology

From Portuguese quinhão, from Old Galician-Portuguese quinnon, from Latin quiniōnem (“a group of five”). Cognate with Galician quiñón.

Noun

quião (plural quião quião)

1. share (portion of something allotted or given to someone)
   • 1883, Hugo Schuchardt, Kreolische Studien, volume 3:

     […] , que da-cá su quião que ta pertencê a êll.

     […] , to give him his share which belongs to him.