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Neapolitan
Etymology
Inherited from Latin iūmenta pl. Doublet of jummiento.
Noun
jummenta f (plural jumente)
- female horse, donkey, or other beast of burden
References
- AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz – map 1062: “un cavallo; la cavalla” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
- Rocco, Emmanuele (1882) “266”, in Vocabolario del dialetto napolitano