muíña

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

Attested from the 14th century. From muíño (“mill”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /muˈiɲa̝/

Noun

muíña f (plural muíñas)

  1. chaff
    • 1412, M. Lucas Álvarez & P. Lucas Domínguez (eds.), El priorato benedictino de San Vicenzo de Pombeiro y su colección diplomática en la Edad Media. Sada / A Coruña: Ediciós do Castro, page 138:
      terça de castañas a a deçeda do canyço, secas et linpas de moyña
      a third of the chestnuts, as they are took down from the wattle, dry and clean of chaff
    Synonyms: palla, tasco
  2. bran
    Synonyms: bren, farelo, relón
  3. pollen
    Synonym: pole

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