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uosemo

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Neapolitan

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Etymology

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Deverbal of osemare (“to sniff, smell”).

Pronunciation

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  • (Naples) IPA(key): [ˈwoːsəmə]

Noun

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uosemo

  1. (also figurative) scent, smell
    irsene a uosemo ― to know by heart
  2. (also figurative) wisdom, common sense
    tené uosemo ― to be wise

References

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  • Rocco, Emmanuele (1882) “uosemo”, in Vocabolario del dialetto napolitano‎[1]
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