#aleguta

• Little favorite selector — A hypocoristic, diminutive, or regional form used affectionately for a little girl who shows a picky, fastidious, or selective attitude in her daily choices; a tiny selector. In other traditional community contexts, the word designated a small secondary mechanical tool used in the household for the fine sorting of seeds or grains.
• Fine sorting — The act of sorting, choosing, or finely selecting materials, especially grains, using a traditional tool called aleguță; a meticulous sorting. In ancient technical dialects, the term refers to a manual process carried out in rural households to obtain clean seeds free of impurities.
• Sorted — Having been thoroughly sorted, chosen, or cleaned using a traditional household tool; material manually selected to eliminate impurities or degraded elements. In popular usage, it describes the state of a batch of seeds or grains perfectly calibrated and ready for sowing according to old agricultural customs.