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celamim.

celamim, a traditional unit of dry volume equivalent to 0.4–0.6 litres in different 19th-century contexts

7 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/se.laˈmĩ/Brazil/sɨ.lɐˈmĩ/Portugal
  1. celamim, a traditional unit of dry volume equivalent to 0.4–0.6 litres in different 19th-century contexts

    historical · masculine
Where this word comes from

From Old Galician-Portuguese ceramin, from Andalusian Arabic, from Arabic ثُمُنِ (ṯumuni, “of one-eighth”). Cognate with Galician celamín and Spanish celemín.

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