ciurma

From Old Genovese ciüsma (from which Spanish chusma and Portuguese chusma descend), from Latin celeusma, from Ancient Greek κέλευσμα (kéleusma, “rhythmic chant to exhort rowers in galleys”), from κελεύω (keleúō, “to order, to bid, to exhort”).

ciurma f (plural ciurme)

1. crew (of a ship)

• ciurmaglia

• → Catalan: xurma
• → French: chiourme
• → Greek: τσούρμο (tsoúrmo)
• → Occitan: chorma

ciurma

1. inflection of ciurmare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• ciurma² in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• Camuri