furmentu

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Kabuverdianu[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Portuguese fermento yeast.

Noun[edit]

furmentu

  1. (Santiago) ferment, yeast

Sicilian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Latin frūmentum. Cognate with Italian frumento.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

furmentu m (uncountable)

  1. wheat

References[edit]

  • Traina, Antonino (1868) “furmentu”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, pages 1769–1770