maça

Portuguese

/ˈma.sɐ/

noun
Definitions
  • mace weapon
  • mallet type of hammer with a head made of a non-iron material

Etymology

Inherited from Old Portuguese maça inherited from Latin mattia, *mattea, mateola (hoe, implement for digging in the soil) derived from Proto-Indo-European *mat (plow, hoe).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*mat

Gloss

plow, hoe

Concept
Semantic Field

Agriculture and vegetation

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Emoji

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