sciummo

Neapolitan

Alternative forms

• [ˈfjʊːmə] (Bari)
• [ˈʃaːu̯mə] (Gargano)

Etymology

Inherited from Latin flūmen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃummə] (Naples)

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