moio

Galician

Etymology

From Latin modius.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmojo̝/

Noun

moio m (plural moios)

  1. a unit of volume, equivalent to 8 olas or 128 litres
    • 1370, R. Lorenzo (ed.), Crónica troiana. Introducción e texto. A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 591:
      Sobeiament me pesa porque naçí, ca ia mays de mil moyos de sange de bõos caualeyros son ia uertudos por mj̃.
      I'm really sorry, because since I was born more than a thousand moios of blood of good knights has been poured by me
  2. (dated) a dry measure equivalent to 12 ferrados

References
  • “moyo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
  • “moyo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • “moio” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • “moio” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • “moio” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “moio” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
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