פֵֿימֵינַה

Judeo-Italian

Etymology

From Classical Latin fēmina (see there for cognates), from Proto-Italic *fēmanā (earlier *θēmanā), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-m̥h₁n-éh₂ (“[the one] nursing, breastfeeding”), the feminine mediopassive participle of *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suck, suckle”).

Noun

פֵֿימֵינַה (p̄emenah /femmena/) f (plural פֵֿימֵינִי (p̄emeni /⁠femmeni⁠/))

1. woman (female human being)

   Coordinate term: אוֹמוֹ (ʾomo /⁠omo⁠/)

   • 16^th century, “לוּ לִיבֵירוֹ דֵי יִרְמִיַהוּ [The Book of Jeremiah]”, in נְבִיאִים [Prophets] (incomplete manuscript), chapter 7, verse 18, archived as part of the National Library of Israel's catalogue:

     לִי פִֿילְייוּלִי קוֹלְײֵנוֹ לֵינִי אֵי לִי פַאטֵירִי אַצֵינֵינוֹ לוּ פֿוּקוֹ אֵי לִי פֵֿימֵינִי אַמַאסֵינוֹ מַאסַה פֵיר פַֿארֵי נֵיווּלִי אַה אוֹפֵירַה דֵי לִי צֵילִי אֵי מֵישַאנוֹ מֵישַאמֵינְטִי אַה דֵיאִי אַלְטֵירִי (Judeo-Roman)

     Li p̄iləyyuli qoləyyeno leni ʔe li paʔṭeri ʔaṣeneno lu p̄uqo, ʔe li p̄emeni ʔamaʔseno maʔsah per p̄aʔre newuli ʔah ʔoperah de li ṣeli, ʔe mešaʔno mešaʔmenəṭi ʔah deʔi ʔaləṭeri

     /Li figliuli coglieno leni, e li pateri accenneno lu fuco, e li femmeni ammasseno massa per fare nevuli a opera de li celi, e mesciano mesciamenti a dei alteri/

     The children [are] gathering wood, and the fathers kindling the fire, and the women kneading the dough, to make cakes to the sky, and [are] pouring out drink offerings to other gods