memöia

Ligurian

FWOTD – 27 November 2014

Etymology

From Latin memoria.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meˈmɔːja/

Noun

memöia f (plural memöie)

1. memory (record of a thing or an event stored and available for later use by the organism)
   • July–September 2012, Piero Bordo, Gîta a-i Lâghi do Gorzénte in A Compagna, Essegraph srl, page 12:

     Inti éuggi da mæ memöia gh’é restòu in strazétto tùtto prîe, che me s’arubatâvan sótt’a-i pê, ch’êa obligòu a-amiâ perché o sô o me cegâva a tésta.

   • January–March 2010, Maria Vietz, Le Ricette “Alla Sua Maniera” in A Compagna, Brigati Glauco, page 13:

     “Ognidun o dovieiva scrive e pròpie memöie”: coscì, ciù o meno, a l’incomensa a prefaçion, ch’a dixe ‘memöia’ e no ‘aotobiografia; […]

2. a book containing someone’s memories
   • January–March 2010, Maria Vietz, Le Ricette “Alla Sua Maniera” in A Compagna, Brigati Glauco, page 13:

     “Ognidun o dovieiva scrive e pròpie memöie”: coscì, ciù o meno, a l’incomensa a prefaçion, ch’a dixe ‘memöia’ e no ‘aotobiografia; […]

     “Everyone should write their own memories”: this is how, more or less, begins the preface, saying ‘memory’ and not ‘autobiography; […]