jumentu

Sicilian

Alternative forms

• giumentu (from Italian giumento)

Etymology

Inherited from Latin iūmentum. Doublet of jumenta.

Noun

jumentu m (plural jumenti)

1. beast of burden

References

• Traina, Antonino (1868) “jumentu”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 1859