In Portuguese (Portugal) is “pulseiras de ouro”. Used by women as body ornaments. The word “manilha” is mostly used in mechanics. It is mostly connected to technical issues. Regards Carolina
Sent from my iPhone > On 18 Jan 2024, at 21:09, 'Nuno Cardoso da Silva' via Goa-Research-Net > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > In the dictionary I found the following: > > manilha > 1. Argola com que se adornam os pulsos e, em certas culturas, os tornozelos, > que no passado era usada como moeda de troca em África. > > But I couldn't find any picture, for illustration. > > Nuno Cardoso da Silva > > > Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2024 at 1:24 PM > From: "'Carvalho' via Goa-Research-Net" <[email protected]> > To: "Goa-Research-Net" <[email protected]> > Subject: [GRN] manilhas de oiro > Hello members, > > Please tell me what this 19th century piece of jewellery is. It translates as > gold shackles, but surely Goan women were not wearing shackles even if it was > 1800 Zanzibar :-) > > Take care, > selma > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Goa-Research-Net" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/goa-research-net/304873394.1445918.1705497875269%40mail.yahoo.com. > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Goa-Research-Net" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/goa-research-net/trinity-30d41815-96bd-4737-9f1c-160ebb467c08-1705586323389%403c-app-mailcom-bs12. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Goa-Research-Net" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/goa-research-net/2E39C104-B677-4C3A-AB49-BAD7800A1619%40yahoo.com.
