jumenta

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin iūmenta pl. Documented in the fifteenth century. Doublet of jument.

Noun

jumenta f (plural jumentes) (archaic)

  1. beast of burden (especially a female donkey)

References

  • “jumenta” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Latin

Noun

jūmenta

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of jūmentum

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʒuˈmẽ.tɐ/

  • Rhymes: -ẽtɐ
  • Hyphenation: ju‧men‧ta

Noun

jumenta f (plural jumentas)

  1. female equivalent of jumento

Sicilian

Alternative forms

  • jimenta

Etymology

Inherited from Latin iūmenta pl. Doublet of jumentu.

Noun

jumenta f (plural jumenti)

  1. female horse, donkey, or other beast of burden

References

  • AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1062: “un cavallo; la cavalla” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
  • Traina, Antonino (1868) “jumenta”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 2183
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