almotolia
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Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Arabic المُطْلِيَة (al-muṭliya). First attested in the 14th century.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -iɐ
- Hyphenation: al‧mo‧to‧li‧a
Noun[edit]
almotolia f (plural almotolias)
- (dated) oilcan
- (dated) vessel for any oily liquid
- Synonym: azeiteira
- 1829 [14th c.], chapter 46, in Fortunato de São Boaventura, editor, Collecção de ineditos portuguezes dos seculos XIV e XV[1], volume 2, Coimbra: Imprensa, Dos vasos e candieiros d'ouro, que Deus mandou fazer, page 126:
- Este candieiro tijnha set cabeças iguaes, en que poinham set candieiros, ou luzernas, e aviam hij set almetolias d'ouro, de que lançavam o azeit enos candieiros […]
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
References[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “almotolia” in iDicionário Aulete.
- “almotolia” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
- “almotolia” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- “almotolia” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
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