maquia

See also: maquía

English

Etymology

From Portuguese maquia, from Andalusian Arabic مَكِيلَة (makíla), from Arabic مَكِيلَة (makīla, “measured”). Doublet of maquila.

Noun

maquia (plural maquias)

1. (historical) A traditional Portuguese unit of dry measure, equivalent to 0.8–1.2 liters in different 19th-century contexts.

Coordinate terms

• (unit of dry volume): celamim (¹⁄₂ maquia), oitava (2 maquias), quarta (4 maquias), alqueire (16 maquias)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈki.ɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈki.ɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈki.a/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐˈki.ɐ/

• Hyphenation: ma‧qui‧a

Etymology 1

From Andalusian Arabic مَكِيلَة (makíla), from Arabic مَكِيلَة (makīla, “measured”). Cognate with Spanish maquila.

Noun

maquia f (plural maquias)

1. amount

   Synonym: quantia

2. (historical) maquia, a traditional unit of dry volume equivalent to 0.8–1.2 litres in different 19th-century contexts

Coordinate terms

• (unit of dry volume): celamim (¹⁄₂ maquia), oitava (2 maquias), quarta (4 maquias), alqueire (16 maquias)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

maquia

1. inflection of maquiar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative