giumaint
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Romansch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed, probably from Italian giumento or perhaps directly from Latin iūmentum.
Noun
[edit]giumaint m (plural giumaints) (Puter)
- pack animal
- (by extension) oaf, dolt
References
[edit]- “giumaint”, in Dicziunari Rumantsch Grischun (in German)
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “jūmĕntum”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 5: J L, page 64