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Spanish
Etymology
Possibly from Gothic 𐌸𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌷𐍃 (þrauhs, “chest, feeding trough”), related to 𐌸𐍂𐌹𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌽 (þriskan), from Proto-Germanic *þreskaną (“to thresh”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɾox/
- Rhymes: -ox
- Syllabification: troj
Noun
troj f (plural trojes)
- garner
- La familia guarda frutos y cereales en la troj. ― The family stores fruit and cereal in the garner.
1790, Alonso De Herrera, Agricultura General, que trata de la labranza del campo, y sus particularidades, volume 2, Don Josef de Urrutia, page 68:Guardanse tambien colgadas en trojes de trigo, y soterradas entre la cebada, ò entre paja despolvorada, y limpia.- They are also kept hanging in wheat granaries, and buried in barley, or in clean and undusted straw.
- a storeroom specifically used to keep olives separately before being ground
- Se guardaron las aceitunas dentro de las divisiones de la troj. ― The olives were kept within the partitions of the storeroom.
1833, José Mariano Vallejo, Tratado sobre el movimiento y aplicaciones de las aguas, volume 2, D. Miguel de Burgos, page 423:[…] ; estando en trojes de tabla se disminuye el aceite y se hace peor […]- ; being in plank storerooms, the amount of oil decreases and it becomes worse
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References
- Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN
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