mummia
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Late Latin mummia, mumia.
Noun[edit]
mummia (countable and uncountable, plural mummias)
- (historical) A medicinal preparation of mummified human flesh; mummy.
- 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 120:
- "Now let us partake of the holy mummia," he said in commanding tones and the dervishes advanced towards us humbly bearing large silver trays on which were a number of small bowls with pieces of mummia – or at least I presumed it was mummia.
- (historical) An embalmed corpse wrapped in linen; a mummy.
Finnish[edit]
Noun[edit]
mummia
Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Medieval Latin mumia, from Arabic مُومِيَاء (mūmiyāʔ), from Persian مومیا (mumyâ), from موم (mum, “wax”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
mummia f (plural mummie)
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