almadian.

Brit.

/ˌalməˈdɪə/, U.S.

/ˌɑlməˈdiə/,

/ˌælməˈdiə/

Forms:

α. 1500s– almade, 1500s– almadie, 1700s–1800s almady, 1800s almodie.

β. 1500s– almadia.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Portuguese. Etymons: French almadie; Portuguese almadia.

Etymology: Originally (in α. forms) < Middle French, French †almadie, denoting various boats (1515 denoting a large African dugout canoe, 1558 (in the passage translated in quot. 1568) denoting a bark boat used by Brazilian Indians, 1690 denoting an Indian boat with a square back; compare Middle French, French †almande kind of African barge (1564)) < Portuguese almadia (15th cent.) < Arabic al-maʿdiya < al the + maʿdiya ferry, ferryboat < ʿadā to cross. In β. forms < Portuguese almadia (see above). Compare Italian †almadia (1538 or earlier, in a Portuguese East Indian context; 1598 in Florio; < Portuguese), and also (apparently directly < Arabic) Spanish almadía raft (1385), American Indian dugout canoe (a1550).With the form almodie compare French †almodia chaloupe used by black slaves in Portuguese East India (c1680), variant of almadie.

Now chiefly historical.

Any of various types of dugout or canoe, esp. as used in parts of Africa and Asia; (also) a type of long swift riverboat.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessels from specific country or region > [noun] > types of regional vessel > in Arabia and western India

almadia1568

sambuk1582

londra1675

buggalowa1815

shikara1875

1568 T. Hacket tr. A. Thevet New Found Worlde xxxix. f. 59^v The vessels that they vse on the water, are little Almadies [Fr. Almadies] or boates made of the barcke of trees, without nayles or wooden pins, being in length fiue or six fadome and thre foote brode.

1598 W. Phillip tr. J. H. van Linschoten Disc. Voy. E. & W. Indies i. iv. 11/2 There came vnto vs [off Goa] diuers boats called Almadias.

1625 S. Purchas tr. G. Balbi in Pilgrimes II. x. v. 1725 A royall Almadie, which is a certaine longe Barke, rowed with many Oares.

1681 Blount's Glossographia (ed. 5) Almades, little boats in the East-Indies, made all of one piece of wood.

1710 tr. B. Telles Trav. Jesuits in Ethiopia iii. vi. 213 Being impatient of delay, we hir'd an Almadie, as far as Goga.

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Almadie, in ship-building, a small vessel used by the negroes of Africa, about four fathom long: and made usually of the bark of a tree.

1858 H. Beveridge Comprehensive Hist. India I. i. vii. 162 Four lads arrived in an almadia.

1862 H. Drury tr. J. C. Visscher Lett. Malabar iii. 22 The Moorish Almades (or small vessels used for trading along the coast) are about the depart with merchandize.

1930 S. G. Perera tr. F. de Queyroz Temporal & Spiritual Conquest of Ceylon iii. xvi. 503 Two soldiers..offered to take another letter by night in a light almadia, because it could not be done by land on account of the watches of the Tyrant.

1994 M. Murrin Hist. & Warfare in Ren. Epic iii. vii. 147 The Moors crowd into almadias,..but the Portuguese bombardment blows up some of the boats, and some of the swimmers drown.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	almadia
释义	almadian. Brit. /ˌalməˈdɪə/, U.S. /ˌɑlməˈdiə/, /ˌælməˈdiə/ Forms: α. 1500s– almade, 1500s– almadie, 1700s–1800s almady, 1800s almodie. β. 1500s– almadia. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Portuguese. Etymons: French almadie; Portuguese almadia. Etymology: Originally (in α. forms) < Middle French, French †almadie, denoting various boats (1515 denoting a large African dugout canoe, 1558 (in the passage translated in quot. 1568) denoting a bark boat used by Brazilian Indians, 1690 denoting an Indian boat with a square back; compare Middle French, French †almande kind of African barge (1564)) < Portuguese almadia (15th cent.) < Arabic al-maʿdiya < al the + maʿdiya ferry, ferryboat < ʿadā to cross. In β. forms < Portuguese almadia (see above). Compare Italian †almadia (1538 or earlier, in a Portuguese East Indian context; 1598 in Florio; < Portuguese), and also (apparently directly < Arabic) Spanish almadía raft (1385), American Indian dugout canoe (a1550).With the form almodie compare French †almodia chaloupe used by black slaves in Portuguese East India (c1680), variant of almadie. Now chiefly historical. Any of various types of dugout or canoe, esp. as used in parts of Africa and Asia; (also) a type of long swift riverboat. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessels from specific country or region > [noun] > types of regional vessel > in Arabia and western India almadia1568 sambuk1582 londra1675 buggalowa1815 shikara1875 1568 T. Hacket tr. A. Thevet New Found Worlde xxxix. f. 59^v The vessels that they vse on the water, are little Almadies [Fr. Almadies] or boates made of the barcke of trees, without nayles or wooden pins, being in length fiue or six fadome and thre foote brode. 1598 W. Phillip tr. J. H. van Linschoten Disc. Voy. E. & W. Indies i. iv. 11/2 There came vnto vs [off Goa] diuers boats called Almadias. 1625 S. Purchas tr. G. Balbi in Pilgrimes II. x. v. 1725 A royall Almadie, which is a certaine longe Barke, rowed with many Oares. 1681 Blount's Glossographia (ed. 5) Almades, little boats in the East-Indies, made all of one piece of wood. 1710 tr. B. Telles Trav. Jesuits in Ethiopia iii. vi. 213 Being impatient of delay, we hir'd an Almadie, as far as Goga. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Almadie, in ship-building, a small vessel used by the negroes of Africa, about four fathom long: and made usually of the bark of a tree. 1858 H. Beveridge Comprehensive Hist. India I. i. vii. 162 Four lads arrived in an almadia. 1862 H. Drury tr. J. C. Visscher Lett. Malabar iii. 22 The Moorish Almades (or small vessels used for trading along the coast) are about the depart with merchandize. 1930 S. G. Perera tr. F. de Queyroz Temporal & Spiritual Conquest of Ceylon iii. xvi. 503 Two soldiers..offered to take another letter by night in a light almadia, because it could not be done by land on account of the watches of the Tyrant. 1994 M. Murrin Hist. & Warfare in Ren. Epic iii. vii. 147 The Moors crowd into almadias,..but the Portuguese bombardment blows up some of the boats, and some of the swimmers drown. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1568
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