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celamim

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
celamim
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: celamim, -, ثُمُنِ

Inflected Forms

celamims (plural) selamim (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

maquia (2 celamims) oitava (4 celamims) quarta (8 celamims) alqueire (16 celamims)

Questions

What does celamim mean?
A traditional Portuguese unit of dry measure, equivalent to 0.4–0.6 L in different 19th-century contexts.
Where does celamim come from?
It is traced to Portuguese.

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