שומשום

Etymology
Ultimately from Old, shortening of , from , , compound of and. Compare with 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1)  sesame

Usage notes

 * While the later variant is indeed pronounced with an s-sound, this word contains the letter shin, not sin, and should therefore be pronounced shumshóm. The variant súmsum is most common in daily speech.