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Pronunciation / Transliteration: momia
"La momia fue encontrada en una tumba secreta."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A body of a human being or animal that has been ceremonially preserved by embalming and wrapping in cloth, especially in ancient Egypt.
"The museum displayed the royal mummy in a climate-controlled glass case." - 2
An informal term used by children for their mother.
"The little boy ran to his mummy when he scraped his knee."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the medieval Latin word 'mumia', which came from the Arabic 'mūmiyyah' (meaning bitumen or a body preserved with bitumen), tracing back to the Persian root 'mūm' meaning wax. Historically, it referred to medicinal substances made from preserved corpses before shifting to mean embalmed bodies preserved in ancient Egypt.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Mummy" is said worldwide
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momie
Transliteration: momi
"Les archéologues ont découvert une ancienne momie dans la tombe."
Mumie
Transliteration: mumiː
"Die Mumie wurde im Museum ausgestellt."
mummia
Transliteration: mummia
"La mummia egizia era perfettamente conservata."
momia
Transliteration: momia
"La momia fue encontrada en una tumba secreta."
múmia
Transliteration: mumja
"O museu tem uma famosa coleção de múmias."
ममी
Transliteration: mami
"संग्रहालय में प्राचीन मिस्र की एक ममी रखी है।"
木乃伊
Transliteration: mù nǎi yī
"这座博物馆里展出了一具古代木乃伊。"
미라
Transliteration: mira
"박물관에서 고대 이집트의 미라를 보았다."
ミイラ
Transliteration: miira
"博物館には古代エジプトのミイラが展示されている。"
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