maquía

See also: maquia

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic مَكِيلَة (makíla), from Arabic مَكِيلَة (makīla). Compare Spanish maquila.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈki.a̝/

Noun

maquía f (plural maquías)

1. (historical) the share of flour a miller would receive as payment

   Non fíes en maquía de muiñeiro, nin creas en comida de despenseiro. (proverb)

   Don't trust the share of the miller nor the food of the storekeeper.

2. (historical) a dry measure
3. (historical) period of time that the co-owner of a mill has for using it

   Synonym: quenda

Derived terms

• maquieira
• maquieiro

References

• “maquia” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “maquía” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “maquía” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “maquía” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.