alimuóm
ah-lee-moo-OM
The scent of rain hitting warm earth. The smell that rises from dry ground in the first moments of a downpour — mineral, vegetal, alive.
Etymology
Tagalog, Philippines. English borrowed the Greek-derived petrichor for a similar concept in 1964, but alimuóm predates it by centuries and is more specific — it names the scent in relation to warm earth, not just wet stone.
Notes
Compare petrichor.
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