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English
Etymology
From Late Latin mummia, mumia.
Noun
mummia (countable and uncountable, plural mummias)
- (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.
- (historical) An embalmed corpse wrapped in linen; a mummy.
Finnish
Noun
mummia
- partitive singular of mummi
Italian
Etymology
From Medieval Latin mumia, from Arabic مُومِيَاء (mūmiyāʔ), from Persian مومیا (mumyâ), from موم (mum, “wax”).
Pronunciation
Noun
mummia f (plural mummie)
- mummy (Egyptian)
- old fogey