quião

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Indo-Portuguese

Etymology

From Portuguese quinhão, from Old Galician-Portuguese quinnon, from Latin quiniōnem (a group of five).

Noun

quião (plural quião quião)

  1. share (portion of something allotted or given to someone)
    • 1883, Hugo Schuchardt, Kreolische Studien, volume 3:
      [] , que da-cá su quião que ta pertencê a êll.
      , to give him his share which belongs to him.