shums

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(My guess: women tend to be shums, while far more men are tee-ums.)

National Review Online 2008
We had hardly made "friends" with the shums (governors) Theodore had left in those provinces, than we had to open communications with the deputies of the Galla Queen, and again with those of Gobazé on the evacuation of those districts by the Gallas, and a fourth time on their reoccupation by the Gallas: we had to ensure their neutrality, at least, -- for they had already plundered several of our messengers -- by suitable offerings and promises of more, should they favour our cause.

Narrative of Captivity in Abyssinia with Some Account of the Late Emperor the Late Emperor Theodore, His Country and People Dr. Henri Blanc 1871