jummenta

Neapolitan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin iūmenta pl. Doublet of jummiento.

Noun

jummenta f (plural jumente)

  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
  • Rocco, Emmanuele (1882) “266”, in Vocabolario del dialetto napolitano‎[1]
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