Wiktionary

uosemo

Neapolitan edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

  • (Naples) IPA(key): [ˈwoːsəmə]

Noun edit

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 edit

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