cummà

See also: cummá

Neapolitan

Etymology

From Late Latin commāter, from com- (“together”) + māter (“mother”). Cognate with Catalan and Italian comare, Sicilian cummari, Galician, Spanish, and Portuguese comadre, French commère, Norman conméthe, Romanian cumătră.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuˈmːa/
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: cum‧mà

Noun

cummà f (invariable, masculine cumpà)

1. (slang) female friend

Sicilian

Noun

cummà f (invariable, masculine cumpà)

1. Alternative form of cummari f