sciummo

Neapolitan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin flūmen.

Pronunciation
  • (Naples) IPA(key): [ˈʃummə]
  • (Bari) IPA(key): [ˈfjʊːmə]

Noun

sciummo m (plural sciumme)

  1. river: a stream with perennial spring
  2. creek, stream: a little non-perennial river

References
  • 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
  • Giacco, Giuseppe (2003), “sciummo”, in Schedario Napoletano
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