xmara

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sicilian ciumara／sciumara (“river”),[1][2] now limited to Calabria, ultimately from Latin flūmen.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʃmaː.ra/

Noun

xmara f (plural xmajjar, diminutive xmajra)

  1. river

References
  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
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