minutsalji

Aromanian

Alternative forms

  • minutsalje, mintsalji, mintsalje, mindzalji

Etymology

From minut or from a Vulgar Latin *minūtiālia, from Latin minūtia. Compare Italian minuzzaglia, Friulian minuçae, Old French menuisaille, Portuguese miuçalha.[1] See also Romanian măruntaie and its cognates, from a different but related root.

Noun

minutsalji f (plural minutsãlj)

  1. small change, small things, things of little value, trifles
  2. entrails, bowels
  3. splint

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