almotolia

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic المُطْلِيَة (al-muṭliya). First attested in the 14th century.[1]

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: -iɐ
  • Hyphenation: al‧mo‧to‧li‧a

Noun

almotolia f (plural almotolias)

  1. (dated) oilcan
  2. (dated) vessel for any oily liquid
    Synonym: azeiteira
    • 1829 [14th c.], chapter 46, in Fortunato de São Boaventura, editor, Collecção de ineditos portuguezes dos seculos XIV e XV‎, volume 2, Coimbra: Imprensa, Dos vasos e candieiros d'ouro, que Deus mandou fazer, page 126:
      Este candieiro tijnha set cabeças iguaes, en que poinham set candieiros, ou luzernas, e aviam hij set almetolias d'ouro, de que lançavam o azeit enos candieiros […]
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References

  1. ^ José Pedro Machado (1995) “almotolia”, in Dicionário etimológico da língua portuguesa: com a mais antiga documentação escrita e conhecida de muitos dos vocábulos estudados (in Portuguese), 7 edition, volume I, Lisboa: Livros Horizonte, →ISBN, page 210

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