uosemo

Neapolitan

Etymology

Deverbal from osemare (“to sniff, smell”).

Pronunciation

• (Naples) IPA^(key): [ˈwoːsəmə]

Noun

uosemo

1. (also figurative) scent, smell

   irsene a uosemo ― to know by heart

2. (also figurative) wisdom, common sense

   tené uosemo ― to be wise

References

• Rocco, Emmanuele (1882) “uosemo”, in Vocabolario del dialetto napolitano