uosemo

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Neapolitan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Deverbal from osemare (“to sniff, smell”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Naples) IPA(key): [ˈwoːsəmə]

Noun[edit]

uosemo

  1. (also figurative) scent, smell
    irsene a uosemo ― to know by heart
  2. (also figurative) wisdom, common sense
    tené uosemo ― to be wise

References[edit]

  • Rocco, Emmanuele (1882) “uosemo”, in Vocabolario del dialetto napolitano
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