mumia

From Arabic مُومِيَاء (mūmiyāʔ), from Classical Persian مومیا (mōmiyā, mūmiyā), from موم (mōm, mūm, “wax”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmuː.mi.a/, [ˈmuːmiä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmu.mi.a/, [ˈmuːmiä]

mūmia f (genitive mūmiae); first declension

1. (Medieval Latin) mummy (embalmed corpse)

First-declension noun.

• mumia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Borrowed from Late Latin mummia, mumia, from Arabic مُومِيَاء (mūmiyāʔ), from Classical Persian مومیا (mōmiyā, mūmiyā).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmu.mja/

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• Rhymes: -umja
• Syllabification: mu‧mia

mumia f

1. mummy (embalmed corpse)
2. (colloquial) scrag (thin or scrawny person or animal)

• mumia in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• mumia in Polish dictionaries at PWN