arroua
Old Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic, from Arabic رُبْع (rubʕ, “fourth”).
Pronunciation
Noun
arroua f (plural arrouas)
- arroba (Spanish unit of weight)
- c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 25r.
- Et fallan dellas muy grandes aſſi que dixo el que compuſo eſte libro que uio una que peſaua dos arrouas. ¬ pero era muy liuiana ſegund ſu grandez.
- And they find them in great sizes, so the writer of this book said that he saw one that weighed two arrobas, but it was very light for its size.
- Et fallan dellas muy grandes aſſi que dixo el que compuſo eſte libro que uio una que peſaua dos arrouas. ¬ pero era muy liuiana ſegund ſu grandez.
- c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 25r.
Descendants
- Spanish: arroba
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