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Galician
Etymology
Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic مَكِيلَة (makíla), from Arabic مَكِيلَة (makīla). Compare Spanish maquila.
Pronunciation
Noun
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
References
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “maquia”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “maquía”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “maquía”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “maquía”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN