English

Noun

mummia ‎(uncountable)

1. (historical) A medicinal preparation of mummified human flesh; mummy.
   • 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber 1992, p. 120:

     "Now let us partake of the holy mummia," he said in commanding tones and the dervishes advanced towards us humbly bearing large silver trays on which were a number of small bowls with pieces of mummia – or at least I presumed it was mummia.

2. (historical) An embalmed corpse wrapped in linen; a mummy.

Finnish

Noun

mummia

1. Partitive singular form of mummi.

Italian

Etymology

From Medieval Latin mumia, from Arabic مُومِيَاء ‎(mūmiyāʾ), from Persian مومیا ‎(mumyā), from موم ‎(mum, “wax”).

Noun

mummia f ‎(plural mummie)

1. mummy (Egyptian)
2. old fogey

Related terms

• mummificare