maquia

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See also: maquía

English

Etymology

From Portuguese maquia, from Andalusian Arabic مَكِيلَة (makíla), from Arabic مَكِيلَة (makīla, “measured”). Doublet of maquila.

Noun

maquia (plural maquias)

  1. (historical) A traditional Portuguese unit of dry measure, equivalent to 0.8–1.2 liters in different 19th-century contexts.

Coordinate terms

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: ma‧qui‧a

Etymology 1

From Andalusian Arabic مَكِيلَة (makíla), from Arabic مَكِيلَة (makīla, “measured”).[1][2] Cognate with Spanish maquila.

Noun

maquia f (plural maquias)

  1. amount
    Synonym: quantia
  2. (historical) maquia, a traditional unit of dry volume equivalent to 0.8–1.2 litres in different 19th-century contexts
Coordinate terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

maquia

  1. inflection of maquiar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

References

  1. ^ “maquia”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
  2. ^ “maquia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
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