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Maltese
Etymology
Borrowed from Sicilian ciumara / sciumara (“river”),[1][2] now limited to Calabria, ultimately from Latin flūmen.
Pronunciation
Noun
xmara f (plural xmajjar, diminutive xmajra)
- river
References
- ^ 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
- ^ AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz – map 429: “il fiume” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it