tomin [Spanish]

1

(Plural, tominos.) In Spain, at least as early as the 15th century – 19th century, a unit of mass used for precious metals, = 12 granos. Its multiples for gold differ from those for silver; see the chart: For weighing gold, about 575 milligrams, for silver about 599 milligrams. Sometimes spelled tomine.

The word is from the Arabic, meaning “eighth part.” In gold measure, the tomin is an eighth of a castellano.

Sources

La perle si vendono in Cadix a once e a tomini e octo tomini fa in Vinegia once una.

Pearls are sold in Cadiz by the once and by the tomin, and 8 tominos make one Venetian once.

Chiarini, 1481.

2

In Bolivia, ? – 20^th century, in the town of Independencia in the department of Cochabamba, a unit of liquid capacity, about 36 liters.

[Bolivia] Ministerio de Agricultura, Ganaderia y Colonizacion. Dirección General de Economia Rural.
Resumen General de Medidas típicas de la República de Bolivia.
Corrected and revised by the Departamento de Muestreos y Padrones.
[La Paz]: Departamento de Muestreos y Padrones, 1956.

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