mumia

From Arabic مُومِيَاء (mūmiyāʔ), from Classical Persian مومیا (mōmiyā, mūmiyā), from موم (mōm, mūm, “wax”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈmuː.mi.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈmuː.mi.a]

mūmia f (genitive mūmiae); first declension

1. (Medieval Latin) mummy (embalmed corpse)

First-declension noun.

• "mumia", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Learned borrowing from Late Latin mummia, mumia, from Arabic مُومِيَاء (mūmiyāʔ), from Classical Persian مومیا (mōmiyā, mūmiyā).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmu.mja/

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• Rhymes: -umja
• Syllabification: mu‧mia

mumia f

1. mummy (embalmed corpse)
2. (colloquial) scrag (thin or scrawny person or animal)

• mumia in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• mumia in Polish dictionaries at PWN