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Galician
Etymology
14th century. From Latin molenda, neuter plural gerund of molō. Compare Spanish molienda, Italian molenda.
Pronunciation
Noun
moenda f (plural moendas)
- milling
- milled grain; flour
- 1380, José Ignacio Fernández de Viana y Vieites (ed.), Colección diplomática del monasterio de Santa María de Pantón. Lugo: Deputación Provincial, page 90:
que o adubedes daquelo que le conprir como non perqua moenda cando el tever que moer- you shall provide with everything it could need, so that it don't lose milling time/flour whenever it has to mill
References
- “moenda” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “moenda” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “moenda” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “moenda” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin molenda, neuter plural gerund of molō. Compare Spanish molienda, Italian molenda.
Pronunciation
Noun
moenda f (plural moendas)
- millstone
- mill (grinding apparatus)
- Synonym: moinho
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