mumio

Ultimately from Medieval Latin mumia, from Arabic مُومِيَاء (mūmiyāʔ), from Persian مومیا (mumyâ). Compare German Mumie, French momie, Italian mummia, Polish mumia, Russian мумия (mumija), Yiddish מאַמי (mami).

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• IPA^(key): /muˈmio/
• Rhymes: -io
• Hyphenation: mu‧mi‧o

mumio (accusative singular mumion, plural mumioj, accusative plural mumiojn)

1. mummy (embalmed corpse)

• kadavro (“corpse”)

mumiigi (“to mummify”)

• IPA^(key): /ˈmu.mjɔ/

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• Rhymes: -umjɔ
• Syllabification: mu‧mio

mumio

1. vocative singular of mumia