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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Spanish almud, from Andalusian Arabic المُدّ (al-mudd), from Arabic مُدّ (mudd), probably via Aramaic 𐡬𐡣𐡩𐡠 (mdyʾ) and מוֹדְיָא (moḏyā) or Classical Syriac ܡܘܿܕܝܳܐ (moḏyā) from Akkadian 𒉘𒈨𒌍 (/maddattu, middattu/, “kind of vessel, unit of volume”). Doublet of almude. Cognate with Ancient Greek μόδιος (módios), Latin modius, French muid, and Dutch mud.
Noun
[edit]almud (plural almuds)
- (historical) Synonym of celemin, a traditional Spanish unit of dry measure equivalent to about 4.6 liters.
- 1990, Carmen Diana Deere, Household and Class Relations: Peasants and Landlords in Northern Peru, University of California Press, page 79:
- An almud is a measure of volume rather than weight; an almud of wheat equals about 22 pounds and an almud of potatoes 20 pounds.
- 1997, Stephanie Wood, “Nahuatl Testaments of Rural Women”, in Susan Schroeder, Stephanie Wood, Robert Stephen Haskett, editors, Indian Women of Early Mexico, University of Oklahoma Press, page 174:
- Both sexes were equally familiar with and preferred the Spanish almud (equal to four quarts of seed), often rendered almo in Nahuatl, over any indigenous measure.
- (historical) A traditional Spanish unit of dry measure, highly variable depending on the location and the substance measured but generally between 3 and 20 liters.
- (historical) A traditional Spanish unit of land area (nominally, the area cultivable by an almud of some particular seed), highly variable depending on the location.
- (historical) A low wide box once used for measuring almuds.
- (historical) Alternative form of almude, Portuguese forms of the same measure.
Coordinate terms
[edit]- (highly variable unit of dry measure): maquila (1⁄2 almud)
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic المُدّ (al-mudd), from Arabic مُدّ (mudd), probably via Aramaic 𐡬𐡣𐡩𐡠 (mdyʾ) and מוֹדְיָא (moḏyā) or Classical Syriac ܡܘܿܕܝܳܐ (moḏyā) from Akkadian 𒉘𒈨𒌍 (/maddattu, middattu/, “kind of vessel, unit of volume”). Cognate with Ancient Greek μόδιος (módios) and Latin modius.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]almud m (plural almudes)
- (historical, chiefly Spain) Synonym of celemín (a traditional unit of dry measure equivalent to about 4.6 liters)
- (historical) almud (a traditional unit of dry measure of highly variable size)
- (historical) almud (a traditional unit of land area of highly variable size)
- (historical) almud (a low wide style of box traditionally used to measure almudes)
Coordinate terms
[edit]- (irregular unit of dry measure): maquila (1⁄2 almud)
Further reading
[edit]- “almud”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
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