giumaint
Romansch
Etymology
Borrowed, probably from Italian giumento or perhaps directly from Latin iūmentum.
Noun
giumaint m (plural giumaints) (Puter)
- pack animal
- (by extension) oaf, dolt
References
- “giumaint”, in Dicziunari Rumantsch Grischun (in German)
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “jūmĕntum”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 5: J L, page 64