celamim
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English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Portuguese celamim, from Andalusian Arabic, from Arabic ثُمُنِ (ṯumuni, “of one-eighth”). Doublet of tomin and azumbre.
Noun
[edit]celamim (plural celamims)
- (historical) A traditional Portuguese unit of dry measure, equivalent to 0.4–0.6 L in different 19th-century contexts.
Coordinate terms
[edit]- (unit of dry volume): maquia (2 celamims), oitava (4 celamims), quarta (8 celamims), alqueire (16 celamims)
Portuguese
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Galician-Portuguese ceramin, from Andalusian Arabic, from Arabic ثُمُنِ (ṯumuni, “of one-eighth”). Cognate with Galician celamín and Spanish celemín.
Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]celamim m (plural celamins)
- (historical) celamim, a traditional unit of dry volume equivalent to 0.4–0.6 litres in different 19th-century contexts
Coordinate terms
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- en:Units of measure
- en:Portugal
- en:Brazil
- en:Eight
- Portuguese terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese
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- Portuguese 3-syllable words
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- pt:Units of measure
- pt:Eight