femmina

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Gallurese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

femmina f (plural femmini)

  1. (dialectal) Alternative form of femina (“woman”)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Mauro Maxia (2012) Fonetica storica del gallurese e delle altre varietà sardocorse (in Gallurese), Editrice Taphros, →ISBN

Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin fēmina, from Proto-Italic *fēmanā, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁m̥h₁néh₂ (“(the one) nursing, breastfeeding”), the feminine mediopassive participle of *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suck, suckle”). Cognate with Portuguese fêmea, Sicilian fìmmina, Spanish hembra, French femme.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈfem.mi.na/
  • Rhymes: -emmina
  • Hyphenation: fém‧mi‧na

Noun[edit]

femmina f (plural femmine, pejorative femminàccia, diminutive-derogatory femminèlla or femminétta or femminùccia)

  1. female
    Antonym: maschio

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Sassarese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Latin fēmina, from Proto-Italic *fēmanā, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁m̥h₁néh₂ (“(the one) nursing, breastfeeding”), the feminine mediopassive participle of *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suck, suckle”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

femmina f (plural femmini)

  1. woman

References[edit]

  1. ^ Mauro Maxia (2012) Fonetica storica del gallurese e delle altre varietà sardocorse (in Gallurese), Editrice Taphros, →ISBN
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