moenda

Galician

Etymology

14th century. From Latin molenda, neuter plural gerund of molō. Compare Spanish molienda, Italian molenda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moˈenda̝/

Noun

moenda f (plural moendas)

1. milling
2. 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 [this mill] 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

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /moˈẽ.dɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /moˈẽ.dɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /moˈẽ.da/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmwẽ.dɐ/

Noun

moenda f (plural moendas)

1. millstone
2. mill (grinding apparatus)

   Synonym: moinho

Derived terms

• moenga

Related terms

• moer