múmia

See also: mumia, mumią, múmía, and mümia

Hungarian

Etymology

From German Mumie, from Italian mummia, from Arabic مُومِيَاء (mūmiyāʔ), from Persian مومیا (mumyâ), from موم (mum, “wax”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmuːmijɒ]
• Hyphenation: mú‧mia
• Rhymes: -jɒ

Noun

múmia (plural múmiák)

1. mummy (an embalmed corpse wrapped in linen bandages for burial, especially as practised by the ancient Egyptians)
2. (derogatory) skinny, emaciated person (skin and bones, wrinkly)

   Úgy néz ki, mint egy múmia. ― He/she looks like a mummy.

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	múmia	múmiák
accusative	múmiát	múmiákat
dative	múmiának	múmiáknak
instrumental	múmiával	múmiákkal
causal-final	múmiáért	múmiákért
translative	múmiává	múmiákká
terminative	múmiáig	múmiákig
essive-formal	múmiaként	múmiákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	múmiában	múmiákban
superessive	múmián	múmiákon
adessive	múmiánál	múmiáknál
illative	múmiába	múmiákba
sublative	múmiára	múmiákra
allative	múmiához	múmiákhoz
elative	múmiából	múmiákból
delative	múmiáról	múmiákról
ablative	múmiától	múmiáktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	múmiáé	múmiáké
non-attributive possessive - plural	múmiáéi	múmiákéi

Possessive forms of múmia
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	múmiám	múmiáim
2nd person sing.	múmiád	múmiáid
3rd person sing.	múmiája	múmiái
1st person plural	múmiánk	múmiáink
2nd person plural	múmiátok	múmiáitok
3rd person plural	múmiájuk	múmiáik

Further reading

• múmia in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from classical Arabic مُومِيَاء (mūmiyāʔ), from Persian مومیا (mumyâ), from موم (mum, “wax”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmũ.mi.ɐ/ [ˈmũ.mɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ˈmũ.mjɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmũ.mi.ɐ/ [ˈmũ.mɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ˈmũ.mjɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmu.mi.a/ [ˈmu.mɪ.a], (faster pronunciation) /ˈmu.mja/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmu.mjɐ/

Noun

múmia f (plural múmias)

1. mummy (embalmed cadaver)