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shemmas

shemmas is the plural of shemma.

Meaning of shemma

Noun

shemma (plural shemmas)

  1. A traditional Ethiopian or Eritrean handwoven cotton cloth that holds cultural, social, and religious significance.
    • From around the age of ten, they begin to be taught “important” things like holding a hand (of the corner of the cloth they cover their bodies with, then shemma) before the mouth and turn aside from people if they sneeze, …1995, Reidulf Knut Molvaer, Socialization and Social Control in Ethiopia (Äthiopistische Forschungen; 44), Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 77

Questions about shemmas

What is shemmas the plural of?
Shemmas is the plural of shemma.

Words near shemmas in the dictionary

  1. Shemitism
  2. Shemitisms
  3. shemittah
  4. shemittahs
  5. shemma
  6. shemmas
  7. shemmy
  8. shemmycuck
  9. shemozzle
  10. shemozzled
  11. shemozzles

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