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

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “moenda”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “moenda”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “moenda”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “moenda”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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