mummia

English

Etymology

From Late Latin mummia, mumia.

Noun

mummia (countable and uncountable, plural mummias)

1. (historical) A medicinal preparation of mummified human flesh; mummy.
   • 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 120:

     "Now let us partake of the holy mummia," he said in commanding tones and the dervishes advanced towards us humbly bearing large silver trays on which were a number of small bowls with pieces of mummia – or at least I presumed it was mummia.

2. (historical) An embalmed corpse wrapped in linen; a mummy.

Finnish

Noun

mummia

1. partitive singular of mummi

Italian

Etymology

From Medieval Latin mumia, from Arabic مُومِيَاء (mūmiyāʔ), from Persian مومیا (mumyâ), from موم (mum, “wax”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmum.mja/
• Rhymes: -ummja
• Hyphenation: mùm‧mia

Noun

mummia f (plural mummie)

1. mummy (Egyptian)
2. old fogey

Related terms

• mummificare