i

From Latin ī (the name of the letter I).

der

the name of the letter <i class="Latn mention" lang="la">I</i>

The name of the Latin-script letter I/i.; i


i

mû (masculine singular)
mâ (feminine singular)
mî (plural)
tû (masculine singular)
tâ (feminine singular)
tî (plural)
ci u (masculine singular)
ci a (feminine singular)
cî (plural)
nû (masculine singular)
nâ (feminine singular)
nî (plural)
vû (masculine singular)
vâ (feminine singular)
vî (plural)
li (alternative)

From the lenition of li, from the conflation of the apheresis of Latin illī and illae, both nominative plurals of ille.

I canusci?

Quannu tî desi.


u

The twenty-first letter of the Sicilian alphabet, written in the Latin script.


ni

nuàutri (nominative)
nuàutri (prepositional)
ni (accusative)
ni (dative)
ni (reflexive)
nostru (possessive)
nni (alternative)


li

From the conflation of the apheresis of Latin illī and illae, both nominative plurals of ille.

-li (alternative)
i (alternative)
i (alternative)

Li canusci?

Quannu ti li desi.


la

li (plural)
lu (masculine)
-la (alternative)
a (alternative)

From the apheresis of Vulgar Latin *illa, from Latin illam, from illa.

La canusci?

Quannu ti la desi.


eu

eu (nominative)
mìa (prepositional)
a mìa (prepositional)
mi (accusative)
mi (dative)
mi (reflexive)
jeu (alternative)
ju (alternative)
jo (alternative)
ia (alternative)
iu (alternative)
jù (alternative)
jèu (alternative)
jò (alternative)
ìa (alternative)
ìu (alternative)

Inherited from Late Latin eo, from Classical Latin egō̆. Cognate with Aromanian iou, Corsican eiu, French je, Italian and Neapolitan io, Catalan jo, Galician and Portuguese eu, Romanian eu, Spanish yo, Sardinian ego. Doublet of ju.

Eu sacciu lèggiri 'n sicilianu.


lu

li (plural)
nu (masculine singular)
un (masculine singular)
'n (masculine singular)
lu (masculine singular)
la (feminine singular)
li (plural)
u (masculine singular)
û (masculine singular)
a (feminine singular)
â (feminine singular)
i (plural)
î (plural)
u (alternative)

From the apheresis of Vulgar Latin *illu, from Latin illum, from ille.

(masculine singular definite article) the


lu

li (plural)
la (feminine)
-lu (alternative)
u (alternative)

Lu canusci?

Quannu ti lu desi.


tu

tu (nominative)
tia (prepositional)
ti
tuni (alternative)


a

i (plural)
u (masculine)
mû (masculine singular)
mâ (feminine singular)
mî (plural)
tû (masculine singular)
tâ (feminine singular)
tî (plural)
ci u (masculine singular)
ci a (feminine singular)
cî (plural)
nû (masculine singular)
nâ (feminine singular)
nî (plural)
vû (masculine singular)
vâ (feminine singular)
vî (plural)
la (alternative)

From the lenition of la, from the apheresis of Vulgar Latin *illa, from Latin illam, from illa.

A canusci?

Quannu tâ desi.


cu

From an inflection of Latin quis. Akin to chi and ca.


ju

ju (nominative)
mìa (prepositional)
mi (accusative)
mi (dative)
mi (reflexive)
jo (alternative)
eu (alternative)
jeu (alternative)
ia (alternative)
iu (alternative)
jù (alternative)
jèu (alternative)
jò (alternative)
ìa (alternative)
ìu (alternative)

Possibly retained from a medieval dialectal usage of Ancient Greek ἐγώ (egṓ), through a technical reconstruction in the form of *egú ~ *igú < *(i)jú. Otherwise from an oxytonical change of Classical Latin egō̆. Cognate with Aromanian iou, Corsican eiu, French je, Italian and Neapolitan io, Catalan jo, Galician and Portuguese eu, Romanian eu, Spanish yo, Sardinian ego. Doublet of eu.

Ju sacciu lèggiri 'n sicilianu.


iddi

iddi (nominative)
iddi (prepositional)
li (accusative)
ci (dative)
si (reflexive)

From Latin illī (masculine) or illae (feminine), nominative plurals of ille.

them (used as the object of a preposition)


iddu

iddu (masculine nominative)
idda (feminine nominative)
iddi (nominative)
iddu (masculine prepositional)
idda (feminine prepositional)
iddi (prepositional)
lu (accusative masculine)
la (accusative feminine)
li (accusative)
ci (dative masculine)
ci (dative feminine)
ci (dative)
si (masculine reflexive)
si (feminine reflexive)
si (reflexive)

him (used as the object of a preposition)


idda

idda (nominative)
idda (prepositional)
la (accusative)
ci (dative)
si (reflexive)

her (used as the object of a preposition)


chiddu

Contracted from Vulgar Latin *eccum ille, from Latin eccum + ille. Compare Italian quello.


vossìa

(Italianization) Alternative form of vussìa


nuddu

head

nuddu (feminine singular nudda, masculine and feminine plural nuddi)

nudda (feminine singular)
nuddi (feminine masculine plural)


nuàutri

nuàutri (nominative)
nuàutri (prepositional)
ni (accusative)
ni (dative)
ni (reflexive)
nostru (possessive)
niàutri (alternative)
nuiàutri (alternative)
nuatri (alternative)
niatri (alternative)
nuiatri (alternative)
nuvatri (alternative)

nui + àutri. Compare Italian noialtri, Spanish nosotros.


àutru

àutru (feminine singular àutra, masculine and feminine plural àutri)

àutra (feminine singular)
àutri (feminine masculine plural)
antru (alternative)
atru (alternative)
àvutru (alternative)
otru (alternative)


nenti

From Latin nec + entem, ne + gentem, or ne + inde. Compare Italian niente.


chistu

From Vulgar Latin *eccum iste, from eccum + iste. Compare Italian questo.


cu'

Apocopic form of cui, from Latin quis. Compare Italian chi.


zoccu

Univerbation of zò + cu, equivalent of Italian ciò che. Compare coccu.

soccu (alternative)
nzoccu (alternative)

Zoccu voi?

Addumànnaci zoccu vonnu.

(interrogative) Which thing, event, circumstance, etc.: used in asking for the specification of an identity, quantity, quality, etc.


soccu

Dialectal desonorized variant of zoccu, from Vulgar Latin *(e)cc(e) hoc, from ecce (“here!”) + hoc (“this”). Compare Italian ciò.

zoccu (alternative)
nzoccu (alternative)

Soccu voi?

Addumànnaci soccu vonu.


nzoccu

From 'n (“in”) + zoccu (“some”) (or 'n + soccu), from Late Latin ecce hoc, from ecce (“here!”) + hoc (“this”). Compare Italian ciò.


soccadunu

soccaduna (feminine)
soccarunu (alternative)

From soccu (“some”) + unu (“one”). Compare Sicilian coccadunu and Italian qualcheduno.


coccadunu

coccaduna (feminine)
coccarunu (alternative)

From an unattested Vulgar Latin *caurcadunu, the metathesis and regressive assimilation of Vulgar Latin *qualqua(m) (from qualis (“of such kind as”) + quam (“how, as”)) + unus. Doublet of quarcadunu. Compare Sicilian soccadunu and Italian qualcheduno.


zò

Inherited from Late Latin ecce hoc. Compare Italian ciò.


vussìa

Possibly from the same source of Portuguese você; which is from the syncope of vosmecê, elision of vossemecê, contraction of Old Galician-Portuguese vossa mercee (literally “your mercy”) (today's mercê) from Latin vostra + mercēs. Compare with Spanish usted (from vuestra merced (literally “your mercy”)), Catalan vostè, and Italian vossignoria.

der

Vussìa vulissi n'anticchia di acqua?

(formal, honorific, courtly, now dated) indefinite pronoun; Your Lordship, Your Ladyship, Your Excellency