muid

noun

variants or mud

ˈmə(r)d 

ˈmə̄d

plural -s

: a Dutch unit of capacity used in southern Africa equal to about three bushels

Word History

Etymology

Afrikaans mud, from Dutch, from Middle Dutch mud, mudde; akin to Old English mydd bushel, Old High German mutti; all from a prehistoric West Germanic word borrowed from Latin modius

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