furmentu

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese fermento yeast.

Noun

furmentu

  1. (Santiago) ferment, yeast

Sicilian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin frūmentum. Cognate with Italian frumento.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fuɾˈmɛn.tu/
    • (Palermo) IPA(key): [fʊɪ̯mˈmiɛ̯n̪.t̪ʊ]

Noun

furmentu m (uncountable)

  1. wheat

References
  • Traina, Antonino (1868) “furmentu”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, pages 1769–1770
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