mõeda

See also: moeda, Moeda, and möda

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

  • From Latin monēta (“money, coinage, mint”), from Moneta (“a surname of Juno, in whose temple at Rome money was coined”).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /mõˈeda/
    • Rhymes: -eda
    • Hyphenation: mõ‧e‧da

    Noun

    mõeda m (plural mõedas)

    1. coin
      • c. 1295, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, page 898:
        Et este rrey don Afonso britou os foros aos poboos et deytoulles muytos peytos et muytos pedidos ena tera, et bateu mõedas de muytas guisas
        And this king Don Afonso broke the town charters and put many taxes on them, and made many petitions on the country, and he minted coins of many kinds
    2. currency

    Descendants

    • Fala: muea, moneda, moea
    • Galician: moeda
    • Portuguese: moeda

    References

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