corda

From Latin chorda (“cord”), from Ancient Greek χορδή (khordḗ, “string of gut, the string of a lyre”).


panza

From Latin pantex, panticem, probably through Spanish panza or Occitan pança.


chica

From Medieval Latin plica, a derivative of Classical Latin plicō (“fold, bend or flex; roll up”). Compare Italian plica.

Macari tu t'a-ritrovi a chica simiana ntî parma dî manu?!

Do you also find the simian line on your hands?


capa

From older capu, from Vulgar Latin capus, from Latin caput.


ossu

From Latin ossum, popular variant of os, ossis, from Proto-Italic *ōs, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ésth₁ (“bone”), *h₂óst.


denti

Inherited from Latin dēns, dentem. Cognate with Italian dente.


minna

→ Italian: minna (regional)

Uncertain. It should derive from a possibile earlier *minda or *mēnda. Compare, for more, minchia.

Mimma s'a-ritrova 'n paru di minni di chiḍḍi a nùmmiru unu.

(anatomy, colloquial, mostly plural) tit, breast


cori

From Vulgar Latin *corem m, from Latin cor n. Compare Italian cuore.


ricchi

ricchi (plural)
ricchia (alternative)
aricchia (alternative)
auricchia (alternative)
gricchia (alternative)
oricchia (alternative)
aricchiu (alternative)

Inherited from Latin ōricula, variant of auricula.


nasca

From Latin nasica, from nāsus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s-.


rini

Chiddhi d' arredi a li so' cosci stisi, / e la cuda ficcannu ntra ddhi ddui / supra li rini, 'llungannula tisi.

1904, Dante Alighieri, Tommaso Cannizzaro, La commedia di Dante Alighieri: Prima traduzione in dialetto siciliano, page 98, lines 55–57:

The hindermost it stretched upon his thighs, / And put its tail through in between the two, / And up behind along the reins [kidneys] outspread it. http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Divine_Comedy/Inferno/Canto_XXV


pusu

From Latin pulsus. Compare Italian polso and English pulse.


fauci

(anatomy) jaws (of an animal), mouth (of a human)


occhiu

From Vulgar Latin oclus, from Latin oculus. Compare Italian occhio.

uocchiu (alternative)
occiu (alternative)
uocciu (alternative)


vucca

vucchi (plural)
'ucca (alternative)
ucca (alternative)

"Rapi a vucca e fai 'aah'" dissi u dutturi.

"Open your mouth and say 'aah'," directed the doctor.

(anatomy) The opening of a creature through which food is ingested.


fìcatu

ficatu (canonical masculine)
fìcutu (alternative)

From Late Latin fīcātum (“liver”), from Latin iecur fīcātum (“fig-stuffed liver”).


mèusa

Compare Italian milza, Catalan melsa. Ultimately of Germanic origin, from Proto-Germanic *miltiją.


sangu

From Late Latin sangu(em), alteration of Classical Latin sanguinem.


vrazzu

vrazza (plural)
brazzu (alternative)
frazzu (alternative)
vurazzu (alternative)

From Vulgar Latin braccium, from Latin bracchium, from Ancient Greek βραχίων (brakhíōn).
Compare French bras, Italian braccio, Portuguese braço, Spanish brazo,


triaca

From Latin theriaca, from Ancient Greek θηριακή (thēriakḗ, “antidote”) feminine form of θηριακός (thēriakós, “concerning venomous beasts”), from θήρ (thḗr, “beast”).

der

(historical, pharmacology) theriac, a supposed universal antidote against poison, especially snake venom; specifically, one such developed in the 1st century as an improvement on mithridate.


scidda

From Late Latin ascella or Vulgar Latin *axella, from Latin axilla (“armpit”).


jamma

jammi (plural)
gamma (alternative)
iamma (alternative)


ciriveddu

cirivedda (plural)
cirveddu (alternative)
cirbeddu (alternative)

From Latin cerebellum (“brain”), diminutive of cerebrum.


disiu

From Early Medieval Latin dēsideus, from Latin dēsidia (“sloth, debauchery”).


sonnu

sonna (plural)
sònnura (plural)
suonnu (alternative)
suennu (alternative)
sunnu (alternative)

From Latin somnus (“sleep”), from Proto-Italic *swepnos, from Proto-Indo-European *swépnos. Compare Portuguese sono, Italian sonno (“sleep”) and Spanish sueño (“sleep”).


nicchiu

Unknown, maybe from Italian nicchio (“shell”).


culu

(slang, vulgar, anatomy) ass, arse, butt, buttocks, bottom


scrotu

[ˈʃkrɔː.t̪ʊ̠]


masciḍḍa

masciḍḍi (plural)
mascidda (alternative)

From Latin māxilla, from māla (“the cheekbone, jaw”) + -illa (diminutive nominal suffix). Compare with similarly formed āla–āxilla, hence Sicilian asciḍḍa.

af

(anatomy) the jaw, jawbone, bone of the upper jaw

(anatomy) the lower part of the face, the jaws


capiḍḍu

capiḍḍi (plural)
capiddu (alternative)
capidu (alternative)

Nnê Pajisi punintini, i fìmmini su' sòliti tèniri i capiḍḍi longhi a mentri i màsculi su' sòliti tinilli curti.

In the western world, women usually have long hair while men usually have short hair.

A menti è 'n filu 'i capiḍḍu


carcagnu

From Latin calcāneum (“heel”). Compare Italian calcagno.


morvu

Inherited from Latin morbus (“illness”).


busunettu

(surgery) cautery (device resembling a branding iron, used in surgical contexts)


cufuruna

cufuruni (plural)
bufuruna (alternative)
bufuluna (alternative)
boforona (alternative)

An alternation of bufuruna, likely from Latin būfō (“toad/turtle (?)”), whence also buffa (“toad”). Derivation from Ancient Greek κυφός (kuphós, “bent forward”) is to be deemed outdated.

ncog

(pathology) a horse's illness, in Italian known as talpa and testudine; a sort of abscess, testudo


nerbu

nerbi (plural)
nervu (alternative)
nierbu (alternative)
niervu (alternative)

From Latin nervus. Compare Italian nervo.

(anatomy) a sinew, tendon, nerve, muscle


miduḍḍa

miduḍḍi (plural)
miruḍḍa (alternative)
midudda (alternative)

From Latin medulla. Compare Catalan moll, Spanish meollo, Portuguese miolo, Italian midollo.


coḍḍu

coḍḍi (plural)
cuoḍḍu (alternative)
coddu (alternative pronunciation-spelling)

From Latin collum, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷolsom, derived from the root *kʷel- (“to turn”).
Cognate with Italian collo, French cou, Galician and Portuguese colo, Spanish cuello.

U coḍḍu dû femuri

U coḍḍu di l'ùtiru