mumio

Esperanto
Mumio en Brita Muzeo

Etymology

Ultimately from Medieval Latin mumia, from Arabic ⁧مُومِيَاء⁩ (mūmiyāʔ), from Persian ⁧مومیا⁩ (mumyâ). Compare German Mumie, French momie, Italian mummia, Polish mumia, Russian мумия (mumija), Yiddish ⁧מאַמי⁩ (mami).

Pronunciation
  • Audio(file)
  • IPA(key): [muˈmio]
  • Rhymes: -io
  • Hyphenation: mu‧mi‧o

Noun

mumio (accusative singular mumion, plural mumioj, accusative plural mumiojn)

  1. mummy (embalmed corpse)

Hypernyms

Derived terms

mumiigi (“to mummify”)

Polish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmu.mjɔ/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -umjɔ
  • Syllabification: mu‧mio

Noun

mumio

  1. vocative singular of mumia
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