cummà

See also: cummá

Neapolitan

Etymology

From Late Latin commāter, from com- (“together”) + māter (“mother”). Cognate with Catalan and Italian comare, Sicilian cummari, Galician, Spanish, and Portuguese comadre, French commère, Norman conméthe, Romanian cumătră.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kuˈmːa/
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: cum‧mà

Noun

cummà f (invariable, masculine cumpà)

  1. (slang) female friend

Sicilian

Noun

cummà f (invariable, masculine cumpà)

  1. Alternative form of cummari f
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