mión

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

Perhaps from a derivative of Latin medius. Otherwise, from Paleo-Hispanic.[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /miˈoŋ/

Noun

mión m (plural mións)

  1. central piece of the Galician cart wheel, which is united on its extremes with the cambas, or curved pieces of the wheel's felly, and has in its center the wheel's nave
    Synonyms: mil, miúl, molo

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “medio”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
  2. ^ Rivas Quintas, Eligio (2015). Dicionario etimolóxico da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Tórculo. →ISBN, s.v. mión.