giumaint

Romansch

Etymology

Borrowed, probably from Italian giumento or perhaps directly from Latin iūmentum.

Noun

giumaint m (plural giumaints) (Puter)

1. pack animal
2. (by extension) oaf, dolt

References

• “giumaint”, in Dicziunari Rumantsch Grischun (in German)
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “jūmĕntum”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 5: J L, page 64