Alternative forms
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Etymology
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Borrowed from Spanish momia, from Arabic مُومِيَاء (mūmiyāʔ), from Persian مومیا (mumyâ), from موم (mum, “wax”).
Pronunciation
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- IPA(key): /moˈmia/, [moˈmi.ɐ]
- Hyphenation: mo‧mi‧ya
momiya (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜋᜒᜌ)
- mummy
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Further reading
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- “momiya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 404