English Explanatory Dictionary

celamim

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A traditional Portuguese unit of dry measure, equivalent to 0.4–0.6 L in different 19th-century contexts.

Word forms

celamim celamims selamim

Etymology

From Portuguese celamim, from Andalusian Arabic, from Arabic ثُمُنِ (ṯumuni, “of one-eighth”). Doublet of tomin and azumbre.

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