See also: trój and trój-

Spanish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Possibly from Gothic 𐌸𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌷𐍃 (þrauhs, chest, feeding trough), related to 𐌸𐍂𐌹𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌽 (þriskan), from Proto-Germanic *þreskaną (to thresh).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtɾox/ [ˈt̪ɾox]
  • Rhymes: -ox
  • Syllabification: troj

Noun

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troj f (plural trojes)

  1. garner
    La familia guarda frutos y cereales en la troj.The family stores fruit and cereal in the garner.
    • 1790, Alonso De Herrera, Agricultura General, que trata de la labranza del campo, y sus particularidades, volume 2, Don Josef de Urrutia, page 68:
      Guardanse tambien colgadas en trojes de trigo, y soterradas entre la cebada, ò entre paja despolvorada, y limpia.
      They are also kept hanging in wheat granaries, and buried in barley, or in clean and undusted straw.
  2. a storeroom specifically used to keep olives separately before being ground
    Se guardaron las aceitunas dentro de las divisiones de la troj.The olives were kept within the partitions of the storeroom.
    • 1833, José Mariano Vallejo, Tratado sobre el movimiento y aplicaciones de las aguas, volume 2, D. Miguel de Burgos, page 423:
      [] ; estando en trojes de tabla se disminuye el aceite y se hace peor []
      [] ; being in plank storerooms, the amount of oil decreases and it becomes worse []

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See also

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References

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  • Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN

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