moio

Galician

Etymology

From Latin modius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmojo̝/

Noun

moio m (plural moios)

1. a unit of volume, equivalent to 8 olas or 128 litres
   • 1370, R. Lorenzo (ed.), Crónica troiana. Introducción e texto. A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 591:

     Sobeiament me pesa porque naçí, ca ia mays de mil moyos de sange de bõos caualeyros son ia uertudos por mj̃.

     I'm really sorry, because since I was born more than a thousand moios of blood of good knights has been poured by me

2. (dated) a dry measure equivalent to 12 ferrados

References

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• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “moyo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “moio”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
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• “moio” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.