Buxema

Latin Alternative forms la Buxemae plurale tantum la Buxemium Etymology la scn-old Buxema. Supposedly found also in the form Buxemium, in a papal diploma from 1168.la 118f. https://books.google.com/?id=jWoOAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA120 Lexicon topographicum Siculum Vito Maria Amico 1757 Proper noun Buxema<1.loc> f la Medieval Latin la city r/Sicily Buscemi Declension Buxema<1.loc> Derived terms la Buxemēnsis Principalis Buxemae References Sicilian Alternative forms scn Qalat Abu Sama Abixema Abuxama Abissama Abussama Siculo-Arabic and Norman variants scn Buscema Italianate spelling scn Calatabuxema Abuxema learned borrowing Etymology From an intermediate *Abu Xama ~ *Abu Xema, borrowed from scn ar أَبُو شَامَة the one with the mole, clipping of the extended form ar قَلْعَة أَبِي شَامَة qalʕat ʔabī šāma castle of the one with the mole. scn Buscema. For similar toponymical outputs from scn sqr -, compare scn Nissa and scn Xibbetta. Pronunciation scn /buʃˈʃɛ.ma/ [bʊˈʃːɛ.ma] scn ɛma scn Bu xè ma Proper noun Buxema m scn ancient and small community on the Hyblaean Mountains, r/Sicily c/Italy Buscemi Usage notes The stressed syllable is etymologically /ʃ/, regardless of the grapheme with which it is represented, e.g. ⟨s⟩, ⟨ss⟩, ⟨š⟩, ⟨x⟩. The grapheme ⟨x⟩ is here notably employed for /ʃː/, in the same way as it is used in the Ibero-Romance languages. Derived terms scn buximisi buximisa Related terms qalat-related toponyms scn Calaxibbetta Cartaggiruni Cartavuturu Cartabillotta Calatafimi Nissa ⟨x⟩spelling-related toponyms scn Xibbetta Xacca Xibbetta Xurtinu Xirbi Xurbi Nixemi Misilixemi Descendants la-med Buxema 1 scn Buscema 1 See also scn Madonna dû voscu Càsmini Munti Lauru Munti Vignitti Munti Santa Nicola Palazzolu Àvula Buccheri U Càssaru U Cassru A Ferra Notu Ciuriddia Janiattini I Vìscari U Puzzaḍḍu Santa Lucìa Ragusa Ciani Saragusa Ànapu Dinisi Jiluni Vaḍḍu di Notu Muncibbeḍḍu Muntagna Costa 'i l'aḍḍauru magghiarda