Maltese edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Sicilian ciumarasciumara (river),[1][2] now limited to Calabria, ultimately from Latin flūmen.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

xmara f (plural xmajjar, diminutive xmajra)

  1. river

References edit

  1. ^ Behnstedt, Peter; Woidich, Manfred (2010) Wortatlas der arabischen Dialekte – Band I: Mensch, Natur, Fauna und Flora (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 100) (in German), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 424
  2. ^ AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 429: “il fiume” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it