a-

Inherited from Latin ad-, from the preposition ad (“to, towards”).

a- + capu (“end”) + -ari → accapari (“to end”)

added to adjective or noun to create a verb, along with the suffixes -ari or -iri.


te

Borrowed from French thé, from Dutch thee, from Hokkien 茶 (tê).

tè (alternative misspelling)
té (alternative misspelling)
the (alternative misspelling)


o

From Latin ō (the name of the letter O).

inh

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

The name of the Latin-script letter O/o.


o

O ti manci ssa minestra o ti jetti dâ finestra.

Either you eat soup or you throw yourself out the window.


o

Eye dialectal form of ô (“(masculine singular) at/to the”).


o

Eye dialectal form of 'ô (“(masculine singular) of the”), from the lenition of rhoticized (and dialectal) rô, from dô, from an earlier and standard dû.

A fera o luni.

A strata o Càrminu.

The street [of the church] of the Carmine.


o

From the vowel reduction of vô, dialectal form of vâ, which is the contracted form of the Univerbation of va' (“to go”, second-person singular imperative) + a (“to, forward”, preposition).

univerbation

vo (alternative)
vô (alternative)
’o (alternative)

o caca!

O vidi chiḍḍu ca hâ fari!

(eye dialect) Alternative form of vâ (second-person singular, contracted double imperative)


o

From Latin ō, eventually conflated with/from Ancient Greek ὦ (ô).

(usually oh) expresses surprise, joy, or pain: oh!; ah!

O ma', po' vèniri cca!?

(usually oh) Typically used before a proper noun in the vocative or nominative case when addressing someone: O...


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

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)

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

(masculine and feminine plural definite article) the


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)

I canusci?

Quannu tî desi.


aria

(non trisyllabic) Alternative form of ària


guerra

guerri (plural)
verra (alternative)
uerra (alternative)

From Early Medieval Latin werra, borrowed from Frankish *werru (“confusion; quarrel”).


Estonia

Estonia (a country in northeastern Europe, on the southeastern coast of the Baltic Sea)


ci

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)
cci (alternative)


ami

second-person singular present active indicative of amari

second-person singular present active subjunctive of amari


Slovenia

Balkan Peninsula
Balkan Peninsula#English

Slovenia (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Central Europe)


Australia

Australia (A country consisting of a main island, the island of Tasmania and other smaller islands, located in Oceania; historically, a collection of former colonies of the British Empire)

(geology) Australia (a continent consisting of the land on the Australian tectonic plate, i.e. Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands)


amai

first-person singular preterite active indicative of amari


non

Dialectal variant of Sicilian nun, from Latin nōn. Maybe influenced from Italian non.


e

From Latin et, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *éti.


u

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


u

i (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)
lu (alternative)

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

(masculine singular definite article) the


u

i (plural)
a (feminine)
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)
lu (alternative)

U canusci?

Quannu tû desi.


ni

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


li

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)
i (alternative)

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


li

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

Li canusci?

Quannu ti li desi.


se

From Latin sīc. In the “yes” sense, from sīc (est). Doublet of sì.

sì (alternative)
se' (alternative)
sè (alternative)


la

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)
a (alternative)

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

(feminine singular definite article) the


la

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

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.


lu

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

Lu canusci?

Quannu ti lu desi.


tu

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


voi

Italian: Lo Voi (from “lu voi”)

From Vulgar Latin *boem, from Latin bōs, bovem. Compare Italian bue.


Catania

Catania (a metropolitan city of Sicily, Italy)

Catania (the capital city of the Metropolitan City of Catania, Sicily, Italy)


Ragusa

A former province, now Libero Consorzio in Sicily, Italy.

The capital of the Italian Libero Consorzio of Ragusa.

Former name of Dubrovnik (city in Croatia).

(historical) The Republic of Ragusa, a maritime republic centered in Dubrovnik.


don

Both from the shortening of the earlier donnu (“master, sir”) or from Late Latin dom, ultimately from Latin domnus > dominus (“master, owner”), itself from domus (“a house”).

ron (alternative)
do' (alternative)
ro' (alternative)

(obsolete) social honorary title referred to men possessing patrimonial assets

a title of respect to a man, especially older, prefixed to first names


primavera

Ultimately from Late Latin prīma vēra (“early spring”), perhaps borrowed from Italian or Neapolitan, considering the stressed vowel outcome (Latin /ē/ yields /i/ in native Sicilian words). Cognates include Spanish primavera and Romanian primăvară.


lupa

From the sound of brogna during the fog.


zu

Ou, cucì, ti saluta u zu Ninu.


zu

Zu!

(South-east of Sicily) Used to express astonishment, awe, amazement; exclamation at a sudden discovery.

Zu, lu porcu!

Zu, lu jencu!

Zu, lu crastu!

Zu, lu bestia!

(South-east of Sicily, invocational) Prefixed as an exclamation in immediate and laconic vocative.


corda

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

(music) string, cord (of a musical instrument)

(sports) string (of a tennis racquet, etc)


manu

From Latin manus (“hand”). Compare ficu for a similar gender morphology.

The part of the forelimb below the forearm or wrist in a human, and the corresponding part in many other animals; a hand.

That which is, or may be, held in a hand at once.

(card games) The set of cards held by a player.

Power of performance; means of execution; ability; skill; dexterity.

Turi ci desi na manu ad Alisia pi mòviri i mòbbili.

Turi gave Alisia a hand to move the furniture.

È sutta ê manu mei.

(chiefly in the plural) Management, domain, control.


acqua

Inherited from Latin aqua (“water”). Cognates include Neapolitan and Italian acqua.

(meteorology) rain (condensed water falling from a cloud)


nun

non (alternative)
unn (alternative)
'un (alternative)
nn' (alternative)


amati

second-person plural active present indicative of amari

second-person plural active present subjunctive of amari

second-person plural imperative of amari


di

Iḍḍa dissi di nun priuccupàrisi.

Ch'avissi a fari si penzu d'aviri nu virus nnô me cumputer?

What should I do if I believe I have a virus on my computer?

(followed by an infinitive) to or omitted

Ca penzu di se

Nenti di megghiu

Chi cc’è di novu?

Used in some expressions in a partitive-like function, often without article.

A raggia di Apollu

a cuda dû cani

Dichiarazziuni Univirsali dî Diritti di l’Omu

Universal declaration of the Rights of [the] Man

Sìmmulu di l'Apòstuli

Manifestu dâ cucina futurista

Di li dilitta e di li peni

Of [the] crimes and [of the] punishments

Used to indicate possession, after the thing owned and before the owner; of; ’s

Iḍḍa è di Murriali, 'n Sicilia, ma ora campa a Ruma

She's from Monreale in Sicily, but she now lives in Rome

A me canzuni prifiruta dî Pink Floyd? 'Echoes' !

My favorite song by Pink Floyd? 'Echoes'!

A Divina Cummedia di Danti Aligheri

Jack è cchiù autu di so mugghieri, Joan.

Biden dissi ca l'ecunumìa USA è 'n cunnizziuna pijuri di quantu pinzassi

Biden says US economy is in worse shape than he thought.

Pont Neuf è u ponti cchiù anticu di Parisi

Pont Neuf is the oldest bridge in Paris.

Euclidi scrissi diversi libbra di matimàtica.

Parramu di sintimenta.

Sei Nazziuna: a Scozzia joca cu l'Italia nni nu ncontru dicisivu pâ cucchiara di lignu.

Six Nations: Scotland meet Italy today in a wooden-spoon decider.

Acchattai na cuḍḍana d'oru jancu.

I bought a white [made of] gold necklace.

Expresses composition; of, made of, in or more often omitted


di

From Latin dē (the name of the letter D).

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

The name of the Latin-script letter D/d.; dee


cuti

From Latin cōtem, accusative of cōs. Compare Italian cote.

A stone, especially a stone smoothed by water


-ità

From the apocope of ― the now obosolete but still used ― -itati, from Latin -itātem. Compare Sicilian -itù. Cognate with Catalan -itat, Italian -itade/-ità, Portuguese -idade, Spanish -idad.

veru (“true”) + -ità → virità (“truth”)

caru (“dear”) + -ità → carità (“compassion, charity”)

castu (“chaste”) + -ità → castità (“chastity”)

filici (“happy”) + -ità → filicità (“happiness”)

sicilianu (“Sicilian”) + -ità → sicilianità (“sicilianity”)

vastu (“vast”) + -ità → vastità (“vastity”)

viluci (“quick”) + -ità → vilucità (“velocity”)

used to form abstract nouns that correspond to English words ending in -ity or -ness


chitarra

Borrowed from Arabic قِيثَارَة (qīṯāra), from Latin cithara, from Ancient Greek κιθάρα (kithára).


pasta

From Late Latin pasta, from Ancient Greek παστά (pastá).


lippu

From Ancient Greek λίπος (lípos, “fat”), maybe associated with Latin līmus (“mud”).


chê

Local variant of chî, after the contraction of cu i, from an earlier cu li (“with the”).

Jìticci chê màchini.

(dialectal variant) Alternative form of chî (“with the”)


Italia

From Latin Italia via Ancient Greek Ῑ̓ταλίᾱ (Ītalíā), from Oscan 𐌅𐌝𐌕𐌄𐌋𐌉𐌞 (víteliú, “land of bulls”), a name for the southwestern tip of the boot of Italy; usually assumed to be a cognate of vitulus (“calf”).


alba

From Vulgar Latin *alba, from Latin albus (“white”).


meli

From Vulgar Latin *melem m or f, from Latin mel n.


porta

porti (plural)
purta (alternative)
potta (alternative)
puaitta (alternative)
puajtta (alternative)

From Latin porta, from the Proto-Indo-European root *per- (“to pass through”). Compare, for more, Galician, Portuguese, Italian, Corsican, and Neapolitan porta, Asturian and Spanish puerta.


porta

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

nonlemma

purta (alternative)
potta (alternative)
puaitta (alternative)
puajtta (alternative)

third-person singular present indicative

inflection of purtari:
second-person singular imperative


Texas

Borrowed from English Texas, from Spanish Texas, Tejas.

Texas (a state in the south-central region of the United States)


è

From Latin est (“[it] is”). Cognate with Italian and Neapolitan è.

jè (alternative)
je (alternative)
ghiè (alternative)
-gghiè (alternative)
èni (alternative)
è-ni (alternative)
eni (alternative)
e-ni (alternative)
esti (alternative)
eti (alternative)

third-person singular present indicative of èssiri


dû

From the Univerbation of di (“of, from”, preposition) + u (“the”, masculine singular definite article). Doublet of di lu.

univerbation

di lu (alternative)
dô (alternative)
rô (alternative)
'ô (alternative)
du (alternative pronunciation-spelling)
do (alternative pronunciation-spelling)
ro (alternative pronunciation-spelling)
'o (alternative pronunciation-spelling)
o (alternative pronunciation-spelling)
dù (alternative)
dò (alternative)
ò (alternative)
d'o (alternative)
d'u (alternative)

A fera dû luni.

The Monday market (lit. the market [of the] monday).


su

From Vulgar Latin *ipsu, from Latin ipsum, from ipse.


ou

Ou, talè cca

Ou! Ascuta!

Ou! Tàgghiala!

Ou! Quant'avìa ca nun ti vidìa!

Ou! Comu jemu?


vara

Of Germanic origin, borrowed from Lombardic *bāra (“stretcher, bier”), ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *bāru, from Proto-Germanic *bērō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to carry, bear”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Beere (“stretcher, bier”), Dutch baar (“bier”), German Bahre (“bier, stretcher”) and Italian barella.

cog

(by extension, religious folklore) ferculum


za

From Late Latin thia, from Ancient Greek θεία (theía).


-ni

accussì → accussini (“in this way”)

accuḍḍì → accuḍḍini (“in that other way”)

appassì → appassini (“in the meanwhile”)

tu → tuni (“you”)

cca → ccani (“here”)

ḍḍà → ḍḍàni (“over there”)

è → èni (“it is”)

ḍḍà → ḍḍàni (“over there”)

pirchì → pirchini (“why/because”)

added to words that are stressed on the final syllable to move stress to the penultimate syllable


abbia

(Syracuse) Synonym of alciuni (“seagull”)


Sicilia

From an earlier (now less prevalent) Sicìlia, from Latin Sicilia, from Ancient Greek Σικελία (Sikelía), from Σίκελος (Síkelos, “Sicel”), the name of the Sicel people.

Sicily (The largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, an autonomous region of Italy, close to Africa and separated from Tunisia and Libya by the Strait of Sicily)


oi

oji (alternative)
oggi (alternative)
uoggi (alternative)


Europa

Borrowed from Latin Eurōpa. Doublet of Sicilian Aurupa.

Aurupa (alternative)
Arupa (alternative)
Eurupa (alternative)
Iurupa (alternative)

Europe (a continent located west of Asia and north of Africa)

(Greek mythology) Europa (several characters, most notably a Phoenician princess abducted to Crete by Zeus)

(astronomy) Europa (52 Europa, a main belt asteroid; not to be confused with the Jovian moon)


pila

(plural only) The collection or mass of such growths growing from the skin of humans and animals, and forming a covering for a part of the head or for any part or the whole body.

(by extension) The collection or mass of slender outgrowths, filaments, or fibers growing or projecting from the surface of an object or organism.


pila

From Latin pīla (“pillar”). Compare French pile, Italian pila, Spanish pila.

Coordinate term: battirìa

Àju na pila di robbi di lavari e stirari.

I have a pile/stack of clothes to wash and iron.


pila

From Latin pīla (“mortar”). Compare Portuguese pia, Catalan pica.


assai

From Late Latin ad satis. Compare Neapolitan assàje, Italian assai.


canna

[ˈkäːn̺.n̺ɑ̝]

From Latin canna, from Ancient Greek κᾰ́ννᾱ (kắnnā, “reed”), from Akkadian 𒂵𒉡𒌑𒌝 (qanûm, “reed”).

reed, stick, rattan; a cane, rod, instrument, or other item made out of such material

canna d'organu

tube, pipe (as on a pump organ or a trachea)


spica

From Latin spica (“spike, ear (of corn)”).


rapu

From Latin rāpum. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *rap-. Compare Italian rapa, French rave, Venetan rava.

Oenothera biennis
Oenothera biennis#Translingual

common evening primrose, Oenothera biennis (the plant and its grain)


nova

nessuna nova, bona nova


Grecia

[ˈɡr̺ɛː.ʃʲɑ̝]

[ˈɡr̺ɛː.ɕɑ̝]

Borrowed from Latin Graecia, from Ancient Greek Γραικός (Graikós).

Southeast Europe
Southeast Europe#English


sta

[...] / E tu, curreri, ca vai d'ogni parti, / Te' cca sta littra, a la mè 'manti porti, / Cci dici ca non pozzu stari sparti, / La spartenza è cchiù brutta di la morti.

1874, Lionardo Vigo, Raccolta amplissima di canti popolari siciliani, page 443:

… / And you, courier, who goes to and fro, / Take this letter, to my lover bring it, / Tell her that I can [no longer] remain separated, / Separation is worse than death.


causa

Possibly from Occitan cauça, from Vulgar Latin *calcea (through the intermadiates calza~cauza), ultimately from Latin calceus. Cognate with Italian calza (calzetta, calzone).

(dated, clothing) Any garment worn from the feet up, possibly reaching to the waist.

(pluralia tantum) causi: pants, trousers, pantaloons


causa

Borrowed from Latin causa. Doublet of the inherited cosa. Cognates include English and French cause, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish causa.


Francia

Alternative form of Franza: France (a country in Western Europe)


zagara

(Non stressed orthography) Alternative form of zàgara


ccà

Veni ccà!


scrota

[ˈʃkrɔː.t̪ɑ̝]


panza

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


donna

→ Italian: donna (regional)

From Late Latin domna, shortened variant of Latin domina (“lady, mistress of an estate or household”), from dominus (“master”), from domus (“home”). Cognate with Italian donna, French dame, Portuguese dona, Spanish donna and dueña.

inh

(honorific) A woman, specifically one with great control, authority or ownership; a mistress


puma

Sicilian: Puma (Sicilian surname)

→ Italian: Puma

From Latin pōma, plural of pōmum (“fruit”).


puma

Borrowed from Spanish puma, from Quechua puma.

Puma concolor
Puma concolor#Translingual

cougar, mountain lion, puma (Puma concolor)


macchia

(by extension) generic name for plants commonly found in a macchia


cosa

From Latin causa. Compare Italian cosa. Doublet of causa.


Spagna

From Latin Hispānia, from a Phoenician or Punic root.

Spain (a country in Southern Europe, including most of the Iberian peninsula)


gattu

gatti (plural)
'attu (alternative)
jattu (alternative)
attu (alternative)
iattu (alternative)

From the sonorization of Late Latin cattus.

A domesticated species (Felis catus) of feline animal, commonly kept as a house pet.


strata

From Late Latin strāta (“paved road”), from Latin [via] strāta, feminine of strātus, perfect passive participle of sternō.


Londra

London (the capital of the United Kingdom; the capital of England)


ama

third-person singular present active indicative/subjunctive

inflection of amari:
second-person singular imperative


fu

third-person singular past indicative tense of èssiri; (he/she/it) was.


gatta

gatti (plural)
'atta (alternative)
jatta (alternative)
atta (alternative)
iatta (alternative)

From the sonorization of Late Latin catta.

A cat, regardless of whether male or female.


amasti

second-person singular preterite active indicative of amari


amò

third-person singular preterite active indicative of amari


amava

third-person singular imperfect active indicative of amari


amassi

first/second/third-person singular imperfect active subjunctive of amari


amavi

second-person singular imperfect active indicative of amari


a

From Latin ā (the name of the letter A).

The name of the Latin-script letter A/a.; a


a

i (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)

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

the (feminine singular definite article)


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)

A canusci?

Quannu tâ desi.


a

Porta stu panaru â nanna.

Ê jatti ci piàciunu i pisci.

E mû dumanni a mìa?

Jemu â casa?

Cchiui staju a Palermu, a Ruma cci tornu dumani.

I'm in Palermo now, I'll go back to Rome tomorrow.

indicates the place, used in some contexts, in others in is used; in, to

a pedi, a muzzu

Chiama a Paulu.

E nun ni vidisti cchiui a nuiautri?

Ascutassi a mìa, signù!

denotes the direct object, but only if it's not preceded by articles


Vita

a female given name, equivalent to English Vita or Guida


afar

one of the Afar, a people of eastern Africa


mali

From Latin malus. Compare Italian mali, male.


cu

From Latin cum. Compare Italian con, Neapolitan cu, Romanian cu.


cu

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


sira

From Late Latin sēra, from ellipsis of Latin sēra diēs, from sērus (“late”). Compare Italian sera.


lettu

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lettu m (feminine singular letta, masculine and feminine plural letti)

letta (feminine singular)
letti (feminine masculine plural)

From Latin lectus, perfect participle of legere (“to read”).


piru

Inherited from Latin pirus (“pear tree”) and pirum (“pear”).

inh+

dari li pira


arpa

From Late Latin harpa, from Proto-Germanic *harpǭ.


arpa

From Latin harpē (“bird of prey, falcon”), from Ancient Greek ἅρπη (hárpē, “bird of prey, falcon”).


asu

Uncertain. Ultimately from Latin as, assis (“unity, copper coin, the unit of coinage”). Likely related or deriving ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs, or otherwise taking from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp, pointed”) in the sense of "singular".

Cci abbiassi na l'asu 'i mazzi!


Ucrania

Ukraine (a country in Eastern Europe, bordering on the north shore of the Black Sea)


dui

From Latin duae, feminine plural of duo.

du (alternative)
rui (alternative)
ru (alternative)

du cani

Nni pigghiau dui.


rapa

From Latin rāpa, neuter plural of rāpum. Compare Italian rapa.


vai

Perhaps from Proto-Germanic *wai (“expression of grief”). Alternatively from Ancient Greek οὐαί (ouaí), from the verse in Revelation 8:13. Compare English woe, German Weh, Latin vae, Italian guai.

troubles, problems, hardship, misfortune

Minchia di vai!

(interjection) trouble, difficulty, mess, pickle, fix, woe, jam


vai

Derived from Latin vādō. More at Sicilian jiri.

va' (alternative)
vâ (alternative)
vô (alternative)
'o (alternative)

second-person singular present indicative

inflection of jiri:
second-person singular imperative


esti

Alternative form of è, third-person singular indicative present of èssiri


fari

fari (infinitive)
facennu (gerund)
fattu (participle past)
fazzu (first-person indicative present singular)
fai (indicative present second-person singular)
fa (indicative present singular third-person)
facemu (first-person indicative plural present)
faciti (indicative plural present second-person)
fannu (indicative plural present third-person)
facìa (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
facivi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
facìa (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
facìamu (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
facìumu (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
facìu (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
facìanu (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
facìunu (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
fici (first-person indicative preterite singular)
facisti (indicative preterite second-person singular)
fici (indicative preterite singular third-person)
fìcimu (first-person indicative plural preterite)
facìstivu (indicative plural preterite second-person)
facistu (indicative plural preterite second-person)
fìciru (indicative plural preterite third-person)
fazzu (first-person present singular subjunctive)
fai (present second-person singular subjunctive)
fa (present singular subjunctive third-person)
facemu (first-person plural present subjunctive)
faciti (plural present second-person subjunctive)
fannu (plural present subjunctive third-person)
facissi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
facissi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
facissi (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
facìssimu (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
facìssivu (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
facìssinu (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
fa' (imperative second-person singular)
facissi (imperative singular third-person)
facemu (first-person imperative plural)
faciti (imperative plural second-person)


morti

From Latin mors, mortem. Compare Italian morte.


ron

(Rhotacized variant) Alternative form of don


amica

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amica f (plural amichi, masculine amicu)

From Latin amīca (“friend”). Compare Italian amica.


amari

amari (infinitive)
amannu (gerund)
amatu (participle past)
amu (first-person indicative present singular)
ami (indicative present second-person singular)
ama (indicative present singular third-person)
amamu (first-person indicative plural present)
amati (indicative plural present second-person)
àmanu (indicative plural present third-person)
àmunu (indicative plural present third-person)
amava (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
amavu (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
amavi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
amava (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
amàvamu (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
amàvavu (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
amàvanu (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
amàvunu (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
amai (first-person indicative preterite singular)
amasti (indicative preterite second-person singular)
amau (indicative preterite singular third-person)
amò (indicative preterite singular third-person)
amammu (first-person indicative plural preterite)
amamu (first-person indicative plural preterite)
amàstivu (indicative plural preterite second-person)
amàrunu (indicative plural preterite third-person)
amaru (indicative plural preterite third-person)
amirò (first-person future indicative singular)
amirogghiu (first-person future indicative singular)
amirai (future indicative second-person singular)
amirà (future indicative singular third-person)
amiremu (first-person future indicative plural)
amireti (future indicative plural second-person)
amiriti (future indicative plural second-person)
amirannu (future indicative plural third-person)
amirìa (first-person indicative singular)
amirissi (indicative second-person singular)
amirìa (indicative singular third-person)
amirìamu (first-person indicative plural)
amirìavu (indicative plural second-person)
amirìanu (indicative plural third-person)
amu (first-person present singular subjunctive)
ami (present second-person singular subjunctive)
ama (present singular subjunctive third-person)
amamu (first-person plural present subjunctive)
amati (plural present second-person subjunctive)
àmanu (plural present subjunctive third-person)
àmunu (plural present subjunctive third-person)
amassi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
amassi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
amassi (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
amàssimu (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
amàssivu (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
amàssiru (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
ama (imperative second-person singular)
amassi (imperative singular third-person)
amamu (first-person imperative plural)
amati (imperative plural second-person)


duru

duru (feminine singular dura, masculine and feminine plural duri)

dura (feminine singular)
duri (feminine masculine plural)


diu

dii (plural)
dei (plural)
deu (alternative)


nanna

→ Maltese: nanna

Compare Italian nonna, Latin nonna, Ancient Greek νίννη (nínnē), English nanna.

grandmother, grandma. Female equivalent of nannu

T’aju na nanna.

In English, that means "You're a grandmother."

(croquet) when the bowl goes through the hoop from the reverse side


luni

luni (plural)
lùnidi (alternative)
lùniri (alternative)
luniddìa (alternative)
luniddì (alternative)

From Gallo-Italic of Sicily (compare Lombard or Piedmontese lunes), or a clipping of lunidìa, directly from Latin Lūnae dīēs, variant of dīēs Lūnae (literally “day of the Moon”).

days of the week: jorna dâ simana: luni~lunidìa · marti~martidìa · mèrcuri~mercuridìa · jovi~jovidìa · vènniri~venniridìa · sàbbatu~sabbatudìa · dumìnica~duminicadìa [edit]


chica

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

der

(literally and figuratively, obsolete or literary) fold, crease, wrinkle

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

Do you also find the simian line on your hands?


Lisa

Italian: Zia Lisa (toponym)

From Medieval Latin L(udov)īs(i)a, feminine variant of from Latin Ludovīcus.

Licia (alternative)
Luvisa (alternative)
Luvicia (alternative)
Luiggia (alternative)

a female given name from Latin, of historical usage, equivalent to English Louise


rama

branch (woody part of a tree arising from the trunk and usually dividing)

(figuratively) offshoot (that which develops from something else)


Franza

→ English: Franza

→ Italian: Franza

→ Maltese: Franza

From Late Latin Francia. Compare Italian Francia.

Ah! indignu, dissi, di purtari lanza, ¶ Ad un miu paru tantu arditu, e forti, ¶ Chi nun cc’è paru paladinu in Franza!

c. 1786, Giovanni Meli, chapter I, in Don Chisciotti e Sanciu Panza, stanza 7:

Ah! unworthy, he said, to bring a spear to an equal of mine so brave and strong that there's no equal paladin in France!


amu

first-person singular present active indicative of amari

first-person singular present active subjunctive of amari


pani

Danni oggi lu nostru pani quotidianu.

1905, Reinhold Rost, The Lord's prayer in five hundred languages, page 135:


mafia

→? Italian: mafia

Uncertain. The first official sources in which this term appears date back to 1863 in the title of the theatrical work "I mafiusi de la Vicaria" set in the Vicaria prison in Palermo and written by Giuseppe Rizzotto and Gaetano Mosca. In 1865, in a report by the prefect of Palermo, Filippo Antonio Gualterio, this term was used for the first time, in its Italian geminated variant maffia, with the meaning of a criminal and subversive organization that brought together delinquents, pro-Mazzinians (i.e. republicans) and pro-Bourbons (i.e. anti-Savoyards) with the aim of overthrowing the newborn Kingdom of Italy. Outside of these official sources, the etymology in question is often associated with an uncertain Arabism or with various terms of various origins, including several dialectal origins from the rest of Italy, such as from Piedmont or from Tuscany. In any case, many of the hypotheses proposed are merely speculative and fail to resolve the main phono-morphological disagreements. In particular, it must be emphasized that this word may have been possibly used as an exonym referring to dissidents following the annexation of the island of Sicily, then acquiring the widespread meaning.

the Mafia (International organized crime organization)


cchiù

Apocopated form of cchiui, from Latin plus.


cchiù

cchiù longa è a pinzata, cchiù grossa è a minchiata


Russu

English: Russo

Italian: Russo


lupu

→ Maltese: lupu

From Latin lupus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos.


nomu

nomi (plural)
nomi (alternative)
nuomi (alternative)
nommu (alternative)

From Latin nōmen, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥.


musca

→ Italian: piciolla (regional)

From Latin musca. Compare Italian mosca.


rasta

From Ancient Greek γαστήρ (gastḗr, “belly”).


capa

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


crai

Inherited from Latin crās (“tomorrow”). See procrastinare, a related borrowing.


malu

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malu (feminine singular mala, masculine and feminine plural mali)

mala (feminine singular)
mali (feminine masculine plural)


pilu

→ Italian: pilu, pilo, pelo

tira cchiussai nu pilu di sticchiu ca nu carru di voi

A pigmented filament of keratin which grows from a follicle on the skin of humans and other mammals.

I pila nterni si tròvanu nnô stilu dû ciuri dû gigghiu larunchiu giallu

Internal hairs occur in the flower stalk of the yellow frog lily.

(botany, countable) A cellular outgrowth of the epidermis, consisting of one or of several cells, whether pointed, hooked, knobbed, or stellated.

Any slender, flexible outgrowth, filament, or fiber growing or projecting from the surface of an object or organism.

(zoology) A slender outgrowth from the chitinous cuticle of insects, spiders, crustaceans, and other invertebrates. Such hairs are totally unlike those of vertebrates in structure, composition, and mode of growth.

O cû pilu o senza pilu, rapi i cosci ca tâ nfilu.

Either with hair or without hair, open your thighs so I will fuck you.

(vulgar, singular only) Hair of the genitals.

(vulgar, by extension) A sexual intercourse

Mi nni vaju a pilu

A mìa mi piaci u pilu

(vulgar, metonymic, singular only) A sexual partner, especially an occasional and unstable one; the reference is to the area of the genitals, covered with hair (regardless of their actual presence or not).

(countable) Any very small distance, or degree; a hairbreadth.


babbu

babbu (feminine singular babba, masculine and feminine plural babbi)

babba (feminine singular)
babbi (feminine masculine plural)

Uncertain. Compare Italian babbeo, Spanish bobo (“silly, stupid”). Compare also: Italian bamba/bambo/bimbo/bambino.


babbu

→ Italian: babbo (regional Italian)


babbu

Uncertain. Possibly related to etymology 1.


ossu

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


nora

From Vulgar Latin *nŏra, from Late Latin nura, from Classical Latin nurus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *snusós.


pruppu

Alternative form of purpu (Metathesis of the r)


duga

dughi (plural)
dua (alternative)
duva (alternative)

→ Maltese: dugħ

Inherited from Latin doga. Compare Italian doga.

stave (narrow strip of wood forming barrels, buckets, etc.)


cala

→ Italian: cala

Unknown, perhaps from pre-Roman origin. Cognate with Catalan cala, Spanish cala. Possibly cognate with Sicilian calancu.

unk

Unknown, perhaps from pre-Roman origin

Stamu jennu â cala [dî] muschi.


cala

From Sicilian calari, from Latin chalāre (“loosen, slacken”), from Ancient Greek χαλάω (khaláō).

third-person singular present indicative

inflection of calari:
second-person singular imperative


brodu

Possibly from Proto-West Germanic *broþ (“broth”), from an earlier Proto-Germanic *bruþą (“broth”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁- (“to seethe, roil, brew”). Compare Ancient Greek βρῦτος (brûtos). Akin to Italian brodo.

der

broru (alternative)
bruoru (alternative)
vrodu (alternative)


mutu

From Latin imbūtus. For the lenition, compare also mmunnizza~munnizza.

Alternative form of mmutu (lenited variant)


mutu

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mutu (feminine singular muta, masculine and feminine plural muti)

muta (feminine singular)
muti (feminine masculine plural)
mudu (alternative)

T'hâ stari zittu e mutu!


mutu

first-person singular present active indicative/subjunctive of mutari (“to change, transform, mutate”)


mudu

mudu (feminine singular muda, masculine and feminine plural mudi)

muda (feminine singular)
mudi (feminine masculine plural)

Alternative form of mutu (sonorized, dialectal)


frittata

(eastern Sicily, Calabria) Synonym of frocia (“omelette, frittata”)

eastern Sicily; Calabria; eastern Sicily; Calabria

fari na frittata di na cosa


maju

→ Maltese: Mejju


cima

From Latin cȳma, from Ancient Greek. Compare Italian cima.

pigghiari li cimi d'àrvulu

di cima 'n funnu

a li cimi cimi

genius (someone excellent in a given field)


lapa

→ Italian: lapa

From the proclisis of the definite article la + Vulgar Latin *apa, from Latin apis. Compare Sicilian loppiu.


marti

From Gallo-Italic of Sicily (compare Lombard or Piedmontese martes), or clipping of martidìa, inherited from Latin Mārtis diēs (“day of Mars”).


zita

[ˈt̪͡s̪iːt̪ä]

Possibly a reduced from an earlier form from Vulgar Latin pittita (“small, worthless”). See above and Italian citto for more.


cicoria

[ʃɪˈkɔ.ɾɪ.a]

From Medieval Latin, apodictically fron the femininization of the plural of Latin cichorium, from Ancient Greek κῐχόρῐον (kĭkhórĭon).

Cichorium intybus L.
Cichorium intybus L.#Translingual


cannoli

[kɑ̝n̺ˈn̺ɔː.lɪ̟]


cassata

Possibly from Vulgar Latin *cāseāta, from cāseus (“cheese”), since ricotta is its main ingredient.

cassata siciliana
cassata siciliana#English


bonza

→ English: labonza

(by extension, derogatory, hilarious) A person who is overweight or who has simply gained weight recently


cassata siciliana

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cassata siciliana f (plural cassati siciliani)


judeu

From Latin iūdaeus (“Jew; Judaean”), from Ancient Greek Ἰουδαῖος (Ioudaîos), from Hebrew יהודי (Yehudi).
By surface analysis, Judìa + -eu.

Jew, Jewish person (adherent of Judaism or member or descendant of the Jewish people)

(historical, derogatory) a turncoat, a traitor


judeu

judeu (feminine singular judea, masculine and feminine plural judei)

judea (feminine singular)
judei (feminine masculine plural)

Jewish (relating to Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture)


pannu

From Latin pannus (“cloth”). Compare for more Catalan pany, Italian panno, French pan, English pane, Portuguese pano, Spanish paño.

I panni lurdi/lordi si làvanu 'n casa.

Chi ti mittisti, i panni francisi?!


litra

From Medieval Latin litra, from Ancient Greek λίτρα (lítra).

(historical) A silver coin in ancient Sicily, worth one fifth of a drachm.


litra

From French litre, from Medieval Latin litra, ultimately from Ancient Greek λίτρα (lítra, “a Sicilian coin, a measure of weight”)


deu

dei (plural)
dii (plural)
diu (alternative)


boccia

→ Maltese: boċċa

bocci e ragogghia (literally “bowls and hoop”)


brusca

→ Maltese: broxk

Compare Italian brusca (“scrubbing brush”).

scrubbing brush, especially one for grooming horses; a horsebrush


jiri

jiri (infinitive)
jennu (gerund)
jutu (participle past)
vaju (first-person indicative present singular)
vai (indicative present second-person singular)
va (indicative present singular third-person)
jemu (first-person indicative plural present)
jiti (indicative plural present second-person)
vannu (indicative plural present third-person)
jìa (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
jivi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
jìa (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
jìamu (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
jìavu (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
jìanu (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
jìi (first-person indicative preterite singular)
jisti (indicative preterite second-person singular)
jìu (indicative preterite singular third-person)
jemmu (first-person indicative plural preterite)
jìstivu (indicative plural preterite second-person)
jeru (indicative plural preterite third-person)
jissi (first-person indicative singular)
jissi (indicative second-person singular)
jissi (indicative singular third-person)
jìssimu (first-person indicative plural)
jìssivu (indicative plural second-person)
jìssiru (indicative plural third-person)
vaja (first-person present singular subjunctive)
vaja (present second-person singular subjunctive)
vaja (present singular subjunctive third-person)
jemu (first-person plural present subjunctive)
jiti (plural present second-person subjunctive)
vàjanu (plural present subjunctive third-person)
jissi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
jissi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
jissi (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
jìssimu (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
jìssivu (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
jìssiru (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
va' (imperative second-person singular)
jissi (imperative singular third-person)
jemu (first-person imperative plural)
jiti (imperative plural second-person)
iri (alternative)
ghiri (alternative)
gghiri (alternative)
gniri (alternative)

The infinitive and forms beginning with j- derive from Latin īre, while the forms beginning with v- derive from corresponding forms of vādere.
In some not homogeneous areas in Sicily, inside or nearby Gallo-Italic enclaves, the forms made upon īre are made instead on annari, from Early Medieval Latin andāre, of disputed origin.
For the reflexive sense, compare Spanish irse and Italian andarsene.

Vulemu jiri ô cìmina.

(intransitive) to go (away from speaker and listener)

Cci vogghiu jiri cu tìa.

(intransitive) to come (towards or with the listener)

Quantu ci vaju a spiari.

Dumani vaju ô mari.

(auxiliary) to be going to (near future), to go (+ a + infinitive)

M’ât’a scusari, ma mi nn’àju a jiri

Jemuninni!

Jamuninni!

Amunì!

(reflexive) to go away, to leave, to be off


minchia

minchi (plural)
menchia (alternative)
mìnchia (alternative)
mincia (alternative)
minghia (alternative)
'nchia (alternative)
'nghia (alternative)

From Vulgar Latin *mintula, from Latin mentula.

Minchia! Mi futteru a màchina!

(vulgar) An interjection often used to mean surprise, disdain or appreciation.


puru

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puru (feminine singular pura, masculine and feminine plural puri)

pura (feminine singular)
puri (feminine masculine plural)


puru

From Latin pūre, adverbial form of pūrus.


ài

From an unattested /ˈaji/, from an earlier /ˈaβji/, ultimately from Latin habēs.

jai (alternative)
jài (alternative)
hai (alternative)
ai (alternative)

second-person singular present indicative of aviri


coffa

→ Italian: coffa, Coffa


sterna

From the apheresis of Latin cisterna (“cistern, tank”).


conca

(dated) an ancient stove, composed of a metal plate, circular and placed on a structure on the floor (u cuncheri), within which ardent embers were left to burn


camina

third-person singular present of caminari

second-person singular imperative of caminari

Nghia camina cumpà, n'âm'a spicciari.

Just come on and move dude, we've got to hurry.

In address to one person, used to incite someone to push through with something (especially if unpleasant); Come on and keep going


grada

gradi (plural)
rada (alternative)
rara (alternative)

Possibly borrowed from a hiberian stratum. Ultimately from Latin cratis. Compare Portuguese grade, Spanish grada, Italian grata.

(tool) A barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air; a grid, a crating.


coscia

→ Maltese: koxxa

From Vulgar Latin or Late Latin coxa (“thigh”), from Latin coxa (“hip”).

o cû pilu o senza pilu rapi i cosci ca tâ nfilu


majara

→ Italian: majara (regional)


moja

Possibly from Vulgar Latin *bovia (literally “of oxen, cattle”), from Latin bōs, bovem (“ox, cattle”), referring to the animals' excement. Alternatively of Semitic origin, compare Arabic مَاء (māʔ, “water”) and Hebrew מַיִם pl (máyim, “water”), ultimately from Proto-Semitic *māy- (“water”). Compare also vulgar Spanish mojón

der

liquid feces, diarrhea (watery excrement)


naca

→ Italian: naca

From an unattested Doric Greek *νάκα (*náka). More at Ancient Greek νάκη (nákē, “fleece”).

Marìa, a figghia cchiù nica, era sempri abbiata ntâ naca.

Mary, the youngest daughter, was always insider the cradle.

(Obsolete) a Sicilian cradle, styled like a hammock, usually over the parents' bed.

(by extension) anything resembling a swinging seat.


Irlanda

Ireland (an island and country in northwestern Europe)


guardia

guardi (plural)
vardia (alternative)
guaddia (alternative)
vaddia (alternative)

desctree

Sicilian: La Guardia, La Vardia
English: Laguardia
Italian: La Guardia, Laguardia

Of Germanic origin. Derived possibly from Frankish *warda, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to watch, notice, give heed”). Compare French garde, Italian gardia, Spanish guarda.


luci

Inherited from Latin lux. Compare Italian luce, Portuguese luz,
Spanish luz,
Romanian luce.


luci

Possibly a masculinization of etymology 1.


arancina

arancini (plural)
arancinu (alternative masculine variant)
ârancinu (alternative)
ârancina (alternative)

From aranciu (“orange”) + -ina (feminine diminutive suffix).

affix

arancino (baked stuffed rice ball from Sicily)


arancina

From aranciu (“orange”) + -ina (masculine plural diminutive suffix).

arancinu (alternative masculine variant)
ârancinu (alternative)
ârancina (alternative)


casu

Ultimately from Latin cāseus of unknown origin (through vulgar *kas(j)u). Cognate with Italian cacio, Neapolitan caso, Sardinian casu, Aragonese and Spanish queso, Portuguese queijo, Aromanian cash, Romanian caș. Doublet of caciu.


casu

From Latin cāsus, possibly borrowed via Italian caso. Cognate with Italian, Neapolitan, Portuguese, and Spanish caso, Occitan and Catalan cas, Asturian casu.

cog

È sulamenti nu casu.

coincidence, accident (event that happens by chance)

M'affidu ô casu.

U casu di Sciacca.


talianu

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talianu (feminine singular taliana, masculine and feminine plural taliani)

taliana (feminine singular)
taliani (feminine masculine plural)


arancinu

scn-noun

arancinu m (plural arancini or arancina)

arancini (plural)
arancina (plural)
arancina (alternative feminine variant)
ârancinu (alternative)
ârancina (alternative)

→ English: arancino

→ Italian: arancino

From aranciu (“orange”) + -inu (masculine diminutive suffix).


virdura

virdi (“green”) + -ura. Compare Italian verdura.

nu stufàtu dâ virdura


furmaggiu

furmaggi (plural)
frummaggiu (alternative)
frumaggiu (alternative)

Borrowed from Old French formage, from Medieval Latin fōrmāticum. Cf. Italian formaggio, Neapolitan furmaggio.


frumaggiu

Alternative form of furmaggiu (“cheese”)


sicilianu

head

sicilianu (feminine singular siciliana, masculine and feminine plural siciliani)

siciliana (feminine singular)
siciliani (feminine masculine plural)


cipudda

From Late Latin cēpulla, diminutive of Latin cēpa.


pitaggiu

pitaggi (plural)
pitagghiu (alternative)
pitagghiu (alternative)
putaggiu (alternative)

[pɪˈt̪a̠d͡ːʒʊ]


pitàgghiu

[pɪˈt̪a̠ɟːʊ]


accia

Borrowed from Old French ache (otherwise from Occitan), ultimately from Latin apium. Compare facci, sacciu, siccia for similiar morphological developments into Sicilian.

Jìi a 'ccattari l'accia.


elefanti

elefanti (plural)
elifanti (alternative)

Alternative form of liafanti (italianized spelling)


cucuzzedda

(eye dialect) Alternative form of cucuzzeḍḍa


Palermu

Conflation of Arabic بَلَرْم (balarm), ultimately from Latin Panormus, from Ancient Greek Πάνορμος (Pánormos), from πᾰν- (păn-, “all”) + ὅρμος (hórmos, “port”), apparently because of the good natural harbor.

af

Palemmu (alternative)
Paliermu (alternative)
Paljermu (alternative)
Paliemmu (alternative)
Paljemmu (alternative)
Paleimmu (alternative)
Palejmmu (alternative)
Palìaimmu (alternative)
Palìajmmu (alternative)

Palermo (the capital city of Sicily, Italy)

Palermo (a metropolitan city of Sicily, Italy)


vurcanu

desctree

→ Arabic: بُرْكَان (burkān)
Gulf Arabic: بركان (burkān)
Hijazi Arabic: بركان (burkān)

→ Maltese: vulkan


Strittu di Missina

lu Strittu di Missina (canonical masculine)

Strait of Messina
Strait of Messina#English


filusufìa

From Latin philosophia, from Ancient Greek φιλοσοφία (philosophía), from φίλος (phílos, “beloved”) + σοφία (sophía, “wisdom”).


pulìticu

head

pulìticu (feminine singular pulìtica, masculine and feminine plural pulìtichi)

pulìtica (feminine singular)
pulìtichi (feminine masculine plural)


nummuru

nummura (plural)
nùmmuru (alternative)
nùmmiru (alternative)
nùmmaru (alternative)


grecu

[ˈɡr̺ɛː.kʊ̠]

From Latin Graecus, from Ancient Greek Γραικός (Graikós).


grecu

grecu (feminine singular greca, masculine plural greci, feminine plural grechi)

greca (feminine singular)
greci (masculine plural)
grechi (feminine plural)

[ˈɡr̺ɛː.kʊ̠]

Greek, Grecian, Hellenic; originating in or from Greece; pertaining to the Greek people, culture, history


grechi

[ˈɡr̺ɛː.c̠ɪ̟]

[ˈɡɾɛː.k̟ɪ̟]


grechi

[ˈɡr̺ɛː.c̠ɪ̟]

[ˈɡɾɛː.k̟ɪ̟]


greca

[ˈɡr̺ɛː.kɑ̝]

From Latin græca, from Ancient Greek γραική (graikḗ).


greca

[ˈɡr̺ɛː.kɑ̝]

feminine singular of grecu (“Greek, Hellenic”)


Cità dû Vaticanu

Vatican City (a city-state in Southern Europe, an enclave within the city of Rome, Italy)


Bulgarìa

Bulgaria (a country in Southeast Europe)


Turchìa

Turkey (a country located in eastern Thrace in southeastern Europe and Anatolia in western Asia)


Ripùbblica Ceca

Czech Republic
Czech Republic#English:_Q213

Czech Republic (a country in Central Europe)


Lìbbanu

Lebanon (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)


Stati Uniti dâ Mèrica

United States of America
United States of America#English

United States of America (a country in North America)


Nova Jorca

New York, New York City (the largest city in the state of New York, and the largest city in the United States, a metropolis extending into neighboring New Jersey)


tempu

tempi (plural)
tèmpura (plural)
tiempu (alternative)
tjempu (alternative)
timpu (alternative)

From Latin tempus (“time”), from Proto-Indo-European *tempos (“stretch”), from the root *temp- (“to stetch, string”).

bonu tempu e malu tempu nun dùranu tuttu u tempu


albergu

alberghi (plural)
arbergu (alternative)
abbeggu (alternative)
abbergu (alternative)


cità

cità (plural)
civitati (plural)
citati (alternative)
cìvita (alternative)

From the haplology and apocope of earlier ci(vi)tà(ti), from Latin cīvitās, cīvitāte(m). Doublet of cìvita. Cognate with Italian città, Neapolitan cetate, Ligurian çittæ, Piedmontese sità, Old French citet, Occitan and Catalan ciutat, Portuguese cidade, Spanish ciudad.

(dated) city neighborhood; any community separated from the countryside.


beccu

Ultimately of Germanic origin, from Proto-Germanic *bukkaz, *bukkô (“male goat”). Compare Italian becco, French bouc, bique, English buck.


Azzirbaiggian

Azerbaijan (a country in South Caucasus, Asia and Europe)


Belgiu

Belgium (a country in Western Europe that has borders with the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg and France)


Belizi

Belize (An English-speaking country in Central America, formerly called British Honduras)


Bosnia-Erzegòvina

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina#English:_Q225

Alternative form of Bosnia-Erzegovina: Bosnia and Herzegovina (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)


Bosnia-Erzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)


Erzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina#English

Herzegovina (a historical region consisting of the southern one-fourth of Bosnia and Herzegovina)


Brasili

Brazil (A large Portuguese-speaking country in South America)


Burchina Fasu

Burkina Faso (a country in West Africa, formerly Upper Volta)


Concu

Republic of the Congo
Republic of the Congo

Congo (a country in Central Africa, larger and to the east of the Republic of the Congo)

Democratic Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo

Congo (a country in Central Africa, smaller and to the west of the Democratic Republic of the Congo)


Croazzia

Croatia (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe)


Cubba

(Sicily, toponym) Several toponyms named after the building of a local cubba.


Cubba

Borrowed from Spanish Cuba, of disputed origin.

Cuba (A country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean)


Ripùbbrica Duminicana

Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic#English:_Q786

Dominican Republic (a country in Caribbean)


Eggittu

Egypt (a country in North Africa and Western Asia)


Cairu

Cairo (the capital and largest city of Egypt)


basilicò

From Ancient Greek βασιλικόν (basilikón), βασιλικός (basilikós) or Latin basilicum.


chiavi

→ Maltese: ċavi, ⇒ ċavu

From Latin clāvis, clāvem (“key”). Cognate with Italian chiave.

chiavi masculina

chiavi fimminina

(cryptography) key (for encoding or decoding)

(equestrianism) metal ring the reins go through

(weaving) one of the horizontal wooden rods in the frame of a loom

In full: chiavi di l'arcu

In full: chiavi di catini

a long wooden or metal rod placed in the extremity of a chain to keep it tight

(music) key (to select notes in wind instruments)


Mediu Urienti

(geopolitics) Alternative form of Mediu Orienti (“Middle East”)


Mediu Orienti

(geopolitics) Middle East (a region of Asia and Africa, comprising West Asia without the South Caucasus and additionally including all of Egypt (not just the Sinai) and all of Turkey (not just Asian Turkey))


Palistina

(historical or politically charged, see usage notes) Palestine (The region in Western Asia in the Middle East between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River)

Palestine (A country in Western Asia, in the Middle East; the State of Palestine; the homeland of the Palestinian people)

(historical, technical) Palestine (a British colonial entity administering approximately the lands mentioned in definition 1)

(historical, technical, rare) Palestine (the British League of Nations Mandate for Palestine, of which this region was a part (the remainder being Transjordan, which covered approximately the lands of the modern Kingdom (originally Emirate) of Jordan))


Giurdania

Jordan (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)


Marchi

administrative region
administrative region

Marche (an administrative region in central Italy)


jornu

jorna (plural)
giornu (alternative)
ghiornu (alternative)


sù

third-person plural present indicative tense of èssiri


archioluggìa

From Ancient Greek ἀρχαιολογία (arkhaiología), compound of ἀρχαῖος (arkhaîos, “old, archaic”) + λόγος (lógos, “study”).

der

archiuluggìa (alternative)
archiulugghìa (alternative)


Gibbilterra

Gibraltar (a peninsula, city, and overseas territory of the United Kingdom, at the southern end of Iberia)

Strait of Gibraltar
Strait of Gibraltar#English

Gibraltar, Strait of Gibraltar (a strait connecting the Mediterranean to the Atlantic between Gibraltar and Morocco)


notti

Inherited from Latin noctem, from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts.


quaranta

From Late Latin quarranta, from Latin quadraginta, q.v.


simana

Borrowed from Spanish semana (“week”), from Late Latin septimāna (“week”).


ligna

From Latin ligna, plural of lignum. Compare Italian legna.


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.


denti

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


tuma

→ Italian: tuma

Unknown. Possibly from Latin tumor or tumidus.

(chiefly) a certain degree of maturing of Sicilian pecorino cheese

A semi-hard Sicilian cheese
(rare) a cheese


furesta

Ultimately from Early Medieval Latin foresta.


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


Lituania

Lithuania (a country in northeastern Europe)


ô

ô (singular)
older also: a lu (singular)
â (singular)
older also: a la (singular)
ê
older also: a li
dû (singular)
older also: di lu (singular)
dâ (singular)
older also: di la (singular)
dî
older also: di li
cû (singular)
older also: cu lu (singular)
câ (singular)
older also: cu la (singular)
chî
older also: cu li
pû (singular)
older also: pi lu (singular)
pâ (singular)
older also: pi la (singular)
pî
older also: pi li
nnô (singular)
older also: nna lu (singular)
nnâ (singular)
older also: nna la (singular)
nnê
older also: nna li
nnû (singular)
older also: nni lu (singular)
older also: nni la (singular)
nnî
older also: nni li
o (alternative pronunciation-spelling)
o (alternative)
'o (alternative)
o' (alternative)
ò (alternative)

From the Univerbation of a (“to, forward”, preposition) + u (“the”, masculine singular definite article). Doublet of a lu.

univerbation

Staju jennu ô Càssaru.

Dumani mi trovi ô Castiḍḍuzzu.

Tomorrow you will find me at [The] Castelluccio.

Ascùtami ô zìu.


chiavetta

chiavetti (plural)
ciavetta (alternative)


longu

head

longu (feminine singular longa, masculine and feminine plural longhi)

longa (feminine singular)
longhi (feminine masculine plural)


cani

From Latin canis, canem. Compare Aromanian cãni.


buffa

→ Italian: buffa (regional)

→ Italian: Buffa


siti

second-person plural present indicative tense

inflection of èssiri:
second-person plural imperative tense


màchini fotugràfichi

màchina fotugràfica
màchina fotugràfica#Sicilian


tiatru

From Greek θέατρον, a compound of θεάομαι (I see) + -τρον (nominalizing suffix).


urìggina

urìggini (plural)
uriggina (alternative)


uriggina

uriggini (plural)
urìggina (alternative)

From Latin origine, ablative form of origo (beginning, origin).


Sardigna

Sardinia (an island and autonomous region of Italy, in the Mediterranean Sea)


giornu

giorna (plural)
jornu (alternative)
ghiornu (alternative)

Alternative form of jornu, especially when preceded by a nasal consonant.


ghiornu

ghiorna (plural)
jornu (alternative)
giornu (alternative)

Alternative form of jornu, especially when preceded by a vowel.


bon jornu

bon ghiornu (alternative)
bon giornu (alternative)


bon ghiornu

Composed of Sicilian bon (“good”) and ghiornu (“day”).


bon giornu

bon ghiornu (alternative)
bon jornu (alternative)


pappagaddu

pappagaddi (plural)
pappagaḍḍu (alternative)
pappajaḍḍu (alternative)
pappajaddu (alternative)
pappaiaḍḍu (alternative)
pappaiaddu (alternative)


pappaiaddu

pappaiaddi (plural)
pappaiaḍḍu (alternative)
pappajaḍḍu (alternative)
pappajaddu (alternative)
pappagaḍḍu (alternative)
pappagaddu (alternative)


pappajaddu

pappajaddi (plural)
pappajaḍḍu (alternative)
pappagaḍḍu (alternative)
pappagaddu (alternative)
pappaiaḍḍu (alternative)
pappaiaddu (alternative)


lunidìa

lunidìa (plural)
luni (alternative)
luni dìa (alternative)
luniddìa (alternative)
luniddì (alternative)
luneddì (alternative)

[ˌlunɪˈɾiːä]

From Latin Lūnae dīēs, variant of dīēs Lūnae (literally “day of the Moon”).


luneddì

Luneddì santu, ¶ Marteddì santu, ¶ Mercuddì santu, ¶ Giuviddì santu, […]

1896, Giuseppe Pitrè, Medicina popolare siciliana (Biblioteca delle tradizioni popolari siciliane), Torino–Palermo, page 392:

Holy Monday, Holy Tuesday, Holy Wednesday, Holy Thursday, […]

Primo operaio: Dumani è dduminica.
Secondo operaio: Veru è! Non m’u ricurdava. E ddopudumani?
Primo operaio: Luneddì.

First worker: Tomorrow is Sunday.
Second worker: That's true! I forgot. And the day after tomorrow?
First worker: Monday.


alivu

From Vulgar Latin olīvus, from Latin olīva, olīvum.


radici

From Latin rādīx, rādīcem, possibly borrowed through Italian radice.

L'amuri pî sordi è a radici di tutti i mali.

The love of money is the root of all evil.

A radici cùbbica di 27 è 3.

Murtìprica pâ radici di 2.


spàraciu

Italian: Sparacio, Sparascio

From Latin sparagus, asparagus, from Ancient Greek ἀσπάραγος (aspáragos).


nostru

nostru m (feminine nostra, feminine and masculine plural nostri)

nostra (feminine)
nostri (feminine masculine plural)

From Latin noster, nostrum. Compare Italian nostro.

Chista casa nostra era.

Arringrazziamu lu Nostru Signuri.


nostru

(in the singular) our things, what we own

èssiri di li nostri

to be with us (of the same faction, opinions, etc.)

(in the plural) our relatives, friends, companions, etc.


causi

Italian: Causi, Li Causi

Plural of causa, possibly from Occitan cauça, from Vulgar Latin *calcea (through the intermadiates calza~cauza), ultimately from Latin calceus. Cognate with Italian calze (and calzette).

canzi (alternative)
càvusi (alternative)

(pluralia tantum) pants, trousers, pantaloons


causi

Plural of Latin causa. Doublet of the inherited cosi.


aceddu

aceddi (plural)
aceḍḍu (alternative)
auceḍḍu (alternative)
auceddu (alternative)
ancieḍḍu (alternative)
ancieddu (alternative)
acieḍḍu (alternative)
acieddu (alternative)
oceḍḍu (alternative)
oceddu (alternative)


mutava

[mʊ̠ˈt̪äː.vɑ̝]

first-person singular imperfect active indicative of mutari

third-person singular imperfect active indicative of mutari


fumata

→ Arbëresh Albanian: fumatë

From fumari (“to smoke”). Sense 2 is likely borrowed from Old Northern French fumee (“smoke”).


amamu

first-person plural present active indicative/subjunctive

first-person plural preterite active indicative

inflection of amari:
first-person plural imperative


àmanu

third-person plural present active indicative of amari

third-person plural present active subjunctive of amari


amavu

first-person singular imperfect active indicative of amari


amàvamu

first-person plural imperfect active indicative of amari


amàvavu

second-person plural imperfect active indicative of amari


amàvanu

third-person plural imperfect active indicative of amari


amàstivu

second-person plural preterite active indicative of amari


amaru

head

amaru (feminine singular amara, masculine and feminine plural amari)

amara (feminine singular)
amari (feminine masculine plural)


amaru

third-person plural preterite active indicative of amari


amirìa

first/third-person singular present conditional of amari


amirissi

second-person singular present conditional of amari


amirìamu

first-person plural present conditional of amari


amirìavu

second-person plural present conditional of amari


amirìanu

third-person plural present conditional of amari


accetta

From Old French hachete, ultimately from Frankish *happjā (“axe, hatchet”).


amàssimu

first-person plural imperfect active subjunctive of amari


amàssivu

second-person plural imperfect active subjunctive of amari


amàssiru

third-person plural imperfect active subjunctive of amari


fissa

Latin fissam, feminine participle of findere. Compare Neapolitan fessa.


cori

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


serpenti

serpenti (plural)
sirpenti (alternative)

From Italian serpente, from Latin serpēns.


diamanti

From Late Latin diamas, diamantis, from Latin adamās, adamantis, from Ancient Greek ἀδάμας (adámas, “invincible, untamed; hard substance”).


ricchi

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

Inherited from Latin ōricula, variant of auricula.


cippi

→⇒ Maltese: ċeppuna


greci

[ˈɡr̺ɛː.ɕɪ̟]

[ˈɡr̺ɛː.t̠͡ɕɪ̟]

[ˈɡr̺ɛː.t͡ʃɪ̟]


greci

[ˈɡr̺ɛː.ɕɪ̟]

[ˈɡr̺ɛː.t̠͡ɕɪ̟]

[ˈɡr̺ɛː.t͡ʃɪ̟]


frati

Son of the same parents as another person.

A male having at least one parent in common with another (see half-brother, stepbrother).

A male fellow member of a religious community, church, trades union etc.

Ascuta, frati, nun u sacciu chi voi, ma nun sugnu ntirissatu.

Listen, brother, I don't know what you want, but I'm not interested.

Somebody, usually male, connected by a common cause or situation.

Someone who is a peer, whether male or female.

(poetic) Someone who is a kinsman or shares the same patriarch.


rettili

head

rettili (feminine singular rettili, masculine and feminine plural rettili)

rettili (feminine singular)
rettili (feminine masculine plural)
rèttili (alternative)


lenti

Inherited from Latin lēns, lentem. Cognate with Italian lente.

li lenti di l'ucchiali


Magonza

Maunza (alternative)
Maonza (alternative)


vecchia

[ˈvɛːk̟.k̟ʲɑ̝]


vecchi

[ˈvɛːk̟.c̠ɪ̟]


munita

From Latin monēta. Compare Italian moneta, Spanish moneda.


mustu

From Latin mustum. Compare Italian mosto.

unfermented wine; grape or other fruit juice


fucili

From Vulgar Latin *focīlis (petra), from Latin focus, or possibly from Spanish fusil. Compare Italian fucile, French fusil.


pezza

→ Maltese: biċċa

patch (small piece of cloth sewed to a piece of clothing to cover a hole)

In full: pezza di la varva

mèttiri na pezza

mittiricci la pezza e l'unguentu

fari di <> pezza di pedi

Nun è pezza chi si cusi e scusi.

It's not a patch that can be sewed and unsewed.

jiri a lu spitali pri pezzi

cu na pezza 'n culu

cu na pezza davanti e n'àutra arreri

nun aviri na pezza

a rag (tattered cloth); (in the plural) rags

pezza vagnata

fari pezzi càudi ed ogghiu

pezza di càntaru (literally “chamber pot towel”)

di pezza

made out of rag, (figuratively) fake, faulty

pupu di pezza

ciuri di pezza

lingua di pezza

stammerer, someone with a speech disorder

Item per pani thumini iij et vinu quartari v et furmaiu pecia j per lu tundiri tr. x.

1371–1381, Angelo Senisio, Il Caternu, volume 1, page 232, line 2:

Like for bread, thumini 3 and wine quarters 5 and cheese wheel 1 for the wool tr. 10.

pezza di cacòcciuli

pezza di fràuli


riggina

Adapted borrowing from Italian regina and/or conflated with the autochthonous rijina (which is still a doublet), ultimately from Latin rēgīna.


nasca

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


scola

From Latin schola (“school”), from Ancient Greek σχολή (skholḗ).


bucca

bucchi (plural)
vucca (alternative)
ucca (alternative)


mazza

From Vulgar Latin *mattea, probably vulgarly formed from Latin mateola.


munti

Inherited from Latin montem. Compare Italian mónte.


sporta

sporti (plural)
spurta (alternative)
spotta (alternative)
spuaitta (alternative)
spuajtta (alternative)

From Latin sporta. Cognate with Italian sporta.


sporta

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

nonlemma

spurta (alternative)
spotta (alternative)
spuaitta (alternative)
spuajtta (alternative)


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


Riina

→ English: Riina

→ Italian: Riina

From rijina (“queen”), inherited from Latin rēgīna, whence also Sicilian riggina.


gladiaturi

From Latin gladiātor, from gladius (“sword”).


giurana

giurani (plural)
ciranna (alternative)
girana (alternative)
giuranna (alternative)


rospu

Uncertain, possibly of Germanic origin. Compare Italian rospo.


buffetta

dining table, table on which meals are served


ursu

Etymology tree
Proto-Italic *orssos
Latin ursus
Sicilian ursu
Inherited from Latin ursus, from Proto-Italic *orssos.


russu

head

russu (feminine singular russa, masculine and feminine plural russi)

russa (feminine singular)
russi (feminine masculine plural)

From Vulgar Latin *Russus, from the adjective of Russia, a Latinization of the Old East Slavic Русь (Rusĭ). Compare Italian russo.

Russian (of, from or relating to Russia)


russu

Russian (native or inhabitant of Russia)


duci

duci (feminine singular duci, masculine and feminine plural duci)

duci (feminine singular)
duci (feminine masculine plural)
a-duci (alternative)
aduci (alternative)
aruci (alternative)
dunci (alternative)

→ Italian: duci (regional)

From Latin dulcis (“sweet”). Compare Italian dolce, Neapolitan doce.

Nu pumu duci.

Pizza duci.

Chi ciàguru duci.


spezzi

From Latin speciēs (“a kind, quality, type”). Doublet of speci.


trazzera

From *dērēctus (“straight”) + -aria (suffix for feminine agent nouns), syncopated and methatesized in Vulgar Latin *drēctaira, or through the verb *drēctiāre. Compare Italian drizzare, Catalan drecera.

Road that crosses the fields and serves for the passage of herds

Any secondary road, unpaved and often bumpy


rizza

→ Maltese: rizza

desc

→ Tunisian Arabic: ريتزي (rītzi, “sea urchin, Echinus”)


rizza

From Latin rētia, from rēte (“net”). Cognate with Italian rezza.


studenti

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studenti m (plural studenti, feminine studintissa)

studenti (plural)
studintissa (feminine)
sturenti (alternative)

[st̪ʊ̠ˈd̪ɛːɳ.ʈ̬ɪ̟]

[ʃt̪ʊ̠ˈd̪ɛːɳ.ʈ̬ɪ̟]

[st̪ʊ̠ˈɾ̪ɛːɳ.ʈ̬ɪ̟]

Latin studentem. Compare Italian studente.


nicchia

Compare Italian nicchia, French niche, ultimately likely from Latin nīdus (“nest”).

niche (cavity in a wall, usually for statues, etc.)

èssiri nta la so nicchia

E mi fa viva e premurusa istanza, ¶ Chi a l’immortalità voli una ’nnicchia[…].

c. 1786, Giovanni Meli, chapter I, in Don Chisciotti e Sanciu Panza, stanza 2:

He makes the eager stirring requests that he want's just a niche of the immortality […].


pusu

From Latin pulsus. Compare Italian polso and English pulse.


buci

From Latin vōcem, singular accusative of vōx.


Innia

Alternative form of Ìnnia: India (a country in South Asia)


occhiata

Cf. Italian occhiata. Doublet of ucchiata.


sbriga

sbrighi (plural)
sbria (alternative)
sbrìa (alternative)

→ Italian: sbria (regional)

By surface analysis, s- + briga, possibly from a Celtic intermediate stratum, from Proto-Celtic *brīgā; compare Welsh bri (“power”), Old Irish bríg (“force, power, value”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰergʰ-.Cognate with Italian sbrigare.


plancia

piancia (alternative)
prancia (alternative)


serpi

From Vulgar Latin *serpem, likely from the Latin nominative serpens (“a snake”). Compare Italian serpe.


cicatrici

→ Maltese: ċikatriċi

From Latin cicātrīx, cicātrīcis (“scar”). Compare Italian cicatrice.

Poi dissi: ancora di stu focu ardenti ¶ Li cicatrici lu miu cori porta[…].

c. 1786, Giovanni Meli, chapter VI, in Don Chisciotti e Sanciu Panza, stanza 60:

Then he said: my heart still bears the scars of this burning fire.


frocia

→ Maltese: froġa

Uncertain. Likely from Latin flūxus (passed through a minor Italian cognate stratum). Cognate with Italian frocio~floscio, Galician frouxo, Portuguese chocho, Spanish flojo.

finiri a frocia

Guastàrisi na frocia di centu ova.

Jetta li manu e fa na frocia.

fari na frocia

Synonym of moja (“liquid feces, diarrhea”)


mannari

mannari (infinitive)
mannannu (gerund)
mannatu (participle past)
mannu (first-person indicative present singular)
manni (indicative present second-person singular)
manna (indicative present singular third-person)
mannamu (first-person indicative plural present)
mannati (indicative plural present second-person)
mànnanu (indicative plural present third-person)
mànnunu (indicative plural present third-person)
mannava (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
mannavu (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
mannavi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
mannava (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
mannàvamu (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
mannàvavu (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
mannàvanu (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
mannàvunu (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
mannai (first-person indicative preterite singular)
mannasti (indicative preterite second-person singular)
mannau (indicative preterite singular third-person)
mannò (indicative preterite singular third-person)
mannammu (first-person indicative plural preterite)
mannamu (first-person indicative plural preterite)
mannàstivu (indicative plural preterite second-person)
mannàrunu (indicative plural preterite third-person)
mannaru (indicative plural preterite third-person)
mannirò (first-person future indicative singular)
mannirogghiu (first-person future indicative singular)
mannirai (future indicative second-person singular)
mannirà (future indicative singular third-person)
manniremu (first-person future indicative plural)
mannireti (future indicative plural second-person)
manniriti (future indicative plural second-person)
mannirannu (future indicative plural third-person)
mannirìa (first-person indicative singular)
mannirissi (indicative second-person singular)
mannirìa (indicative singular third-person)
mannirìamu (first-person indicative plural)
mannirìavu (indicative plural second-person)
mannirìanu (indicative plural third-person)
mannu (first-person present singular subjunctive)
manni (present second-person singular subjunctive)
manna (present singular subjunctive third-person)
mannamu (first-person plural present subjunctive)
mannati (plural present second-person subjunctive)
mànnanu (plural present subjunctive third-person)
mànnunu (plural present subjunctive third-person)
mannassi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
mannassi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
mannassi (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
mannàssimu (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
mannàssivu (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
mannàssiru (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
manna (imperative second-person singular)
mannassi (imperative singular third-person)
mannamu (first-person imperative plural)
mannati (imperative plural second-person)


raggia

Borrowed from Old French rage, from Late Latin rabia, from Classical Latin rabiēs.

u uceḍḍu nnâ jaggia nun canta p'amuri ma canta pi raggia


cirasa

→ Maltese: ċirasa


fauci

Inherited from Latin falx, falcem. Compare Italian falce and French faux.


fauci

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

(figuratively) opening, entrance (of a cave, volcano, etc.)


archiulugghìa

From Ancient Greek ἀρχαιολογία (arkhaiología), from compound of ἀρχαῖος (arkhaîos, “old, archaic”) + λόγος (lógos, “study”).


arbergu

arberghi (plural)
albergu (alternative)
abbeggu (alternative)
abbergu (alternative)

Probably a learned word from Italian albergo, from Gothic haribergo (military lodging)


pusata

Possibly from Spanish posada (a place of rest), a derivative of posar, from Latin pausare (to pause, cease)


ghiurnu

ghiornu (canonical masculine)
ghiorna (plural)
ghiornu (alternative)
iornu (alternative)
iurnu (alternative)
jornu (alternative)
jurnu (alternative)
giornu (alternative)
giurnu (alternative)


bonu ghiurnu

Composed of Sicilian bonu (“good”) and ghiurnu (“day”).

bon ghiurnu (alternative)
bongiornu (alternative)
bonjornu (alternative)


bon ghiurnu

Composed of Sicilian bon (“good”) and ghiurnu (“day”).


bonu

bonu (feminine singular bona, masculine and feminine plural boni)

bona (feminine singular)
boni (feminine masculine plural)


Transilvania

Transylvania (a historical region in western Romania)


ràdica

ràdichi (plural)
radica (alternative pronunciation-spelling)
rarica (alternative pronunciation-spelling)
ràrica (alternative dialectal)
ràdiga (alternative dialectal)

From Vulgar Latin *rādica, from Latin rādīcula, diminutive of rādīx (“root”). Compare Italian radica and Sardinian rádica.

I ràdichi di sta macchia su' funni vinti metri sutta â terra.

This tree's roots can go as deep as twenty metres underground.

I danni nnâ ràdica su' prubblemi cumuni di stricàrisi forti i denti.

Root damage is a common problem of overbrushing.

A ràdica è l'ùnica parti viva dî capiḍḍi.

The root is the only part of the hair that is alive.

(botany) ipecacuanha (Carapichea ipecacuanha)


museu

From Latin mūsēum (“library, study”), from Ancient Greek Μουσεῖον (Mouseîon), shrine of the Muses (Μοῦσα (Moûsa)).


neofita

From Latin neophytus, from Koine Greek νεόφυτος (neóphutos, “newly planted”).


sanguinari

sanguinari (infinitive)
sanguinannu (gerund)
sanguinatu (participle past)
sanguinu (first-person indicative present singular)
sanguini (indicative present second-person singular)
sanguina (indicative present singular third-person)
sanguinamu (first-person indicative plural present)
sanguinati (indicative plural present second-person)
sanguinava (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
sanguinavu (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
sanguinavi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
sanguinava (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
sanguinàvamu (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
sanguinàvavu (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
sanguinàvanu (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
sanguinàvunu (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
sanguinai (first-person indicative preterite singular)
sanguinasti (indicative preterite second-person singular)
sanguinau (indicative preterite singular third-person)
sanguinò (indicative preterite singular third-person)
sanguinammu (first-person indicative plural preterite)
sanguinamu (first-person indicative plural preterite)
sanguinàstivu (indicative plural preterite second-person)
sanguinàrunu (indicative plural preterite third-person)
sanguinaru (indicative plural preterite third-person)
sanguinirò (first-person future indicative singular)
sanguinirogghiu (first-person future indicative singular)
sanguinirai (future indicative second-person singular)
sanguinirà (future indicative singular third-person)
sanguiniremu (first-person future indicative plural)
sanguinireti (future indicative plural second-person)
sanguiniriti (future indicative plural second-person)
sanguinirannu (future indicative plural third-person)
sanguinirìa (first-person indicative singular)
sanguinirissi (indicative second-person singular)
sanguinirìa (indicative singular third-person)
sanguinirìamu (first-person indicative plural)
sanguinirìavu (indicative plural second-person)
sanguinirìanu (indicative plural third-person)
sanguinu (first-person present singular subjunctive)
sanguini (present second-person singular subjunctive)
sanguina (present singular subjunctive third-person)
sanguinamu (first-person plural present subjunctive)
sanguinati (plural present second-person subjunctive)
sanguinassi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
sanguinassi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
sanguinassi (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
sanguinàssimu (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
sanguinàssivu (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
sanguinàssiru (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
sanguina (imperative second-person singular)
sanguinassi (imperative singular third-person)
sanguinamu (first-person imperative plural)
sanguinati (imperative plural second-person)
sanguniari (alternative)

Borrowed from Italian sanguinare (“to bleed”). Compare the native doublet sanguniari.


sferra

From Vulgar Latin *exferra. By surface analysis, sfirrari (“to unshoe (a horse)”) + -a. For clearer semantic evolution see Italian sferra, and compare Neapolitan sferra. Doublet of scerra.

surf

(farriery) broken old exhausted horseshoe after it is taken from the hoof of the horse

Nun vanta lu coraggiu, e l’arruganza, ¶ Nè vanta imprisi di la sua sfirricchia[…].

He doesn't boast of bravery or arrogance, nor about the feats of his small rusty knife.

a knife without handle, especially if old

a bolt that secures the hoe blade to the handle


stizza

→ Italian: stizza

Probably a diminutive variant of Latin stīlla (“drop”), from stīria (“frozen drop, icicle”).

comu fussi na stizza, comu fussi na sarma, tiritùppiti nnâ vucca 'i l'arma

(figurative, often for beverage) a few, a bite


Roma

Rome (A major city, the capital of Italy and the Italian region of Lazio, located on the Tiber River; the ancient capital of the Roman Empire)

Rome (a metropolitan city of Lazio, Italy)

(historical) Rome, Ancient Rome (an ancient empire based out of the city of Rome, covering vast territories in Europe, Asia and Africa)


Aristòtili

[ɑ̝ɾɪsˈt̪ɔːt̪ɪlɪ̟]

From Latin Aristotelēs from Ancient Greek Ἀριστοτέλης (Aristotélēs).


cafè

→ Maltese: kafè


ìsula

From Vulgar Latin *isula, from Latin īnsula.

island (area of land surrounded by water)


suppa

From Late Latin suppa, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *supô, *suppa (“slice of soaked bread; soup”) (whence English soup).


picca

Uncertain, maybe from the root *peh₂w- (“few, small”).
Most likely from Vulgar Latin picca, from earlier *piccus, borrowed from Proto-Celtic *bikkos (“small, little”).
Eventually influenced by dissimilation by paucus (“few, little”). Cognate with Sicilian picciottu and pìcciulu. Compare Italian piccolo, Spanish pequeño, Romanian pic.

Mi nn'hâ dari picca.

(followed by an adjective) little, not very, poorly


beddu

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beddu (feminine singular bedda, masculine and feminine plural beddi)

bedda (feminine singular)
beddi (feminine masculine plural)


sinna

From Latin signa (through the intermediate Vulgar Latin *singa~sinna) feminized plural of signum. Doublet of signu, singu/sinnu. Akin to Spanish seña and Catalan senya.


antiquata

[ɑ̝ɳ.ʈ̬ɪˈkʷäːt̪ɑ̝]


antiquati

[ɑ̝ɳ.ʈ̬ɪˈkʷäːt̪ɪ̟]


paci

From Latin pācem, accusative singular of pāx.


poju

→ Italian: Poi (topography; plural)

Inherited from Latin podium (“hillock”), through an earlier *pojiu. Cognate with Aragonese pueyo, Catalan pui, Asturian poyu, Spanish poyo, French puy. Doublet of podiu.

Ni videmu ê poji.


tantu

tantu (feminine singular tanta, masculine and feminine plural tanti)

tanta (feminine singular)
tanti (feminine masculine plural)


vacanti

vacanti (feminine singular vacanti, masculine and feminine plural vacanti)

vacanti (feminine singular)
vacanti (feminine masculine plural)


puppu

Alternative form of purpu (Regressive assimilation of the r)


nivi

Urvicati 'ntra li nivi / Li capanni a lu straventu
Buried in the snow / The huts in the strong wind

1874, Giovanni Meli, “Invernu”, in Poesie:


mmernu

mmerni (plural)
invernu (alternative)
mmiernu (alternative)
nvernu (alternative)
nvèrnu (alternative)

From Vulgar Latin *hīnbernum, a modification of Latin hībernum (tempus).


gièrdula

From Italian lucertola (“lizard”), from Latin lacerta (“lizard”).


varva

varvi (plural)
barba (alternative)
varba (alternative)


mustazzu

From Early Medieval Latin mustācium, ultimately from Ancient Greek μύσταξ (mústax, “upper lip”).


agneddu

From Latin agnellus, from diminutive of agnus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʷnós.


nzettu

From Latin insectum (“cut up”), from perfect passive participle of insecō (“I cut up”), from in- + secō (“I cut”).


àrbulu

àrbuli (plural)
àrvulu (alternative possibly)

Borrowed from Spanish árbol. Doublet of àrbiru, which was inherited.


àrburu

àrburi (plural)
àrbiru (alternative)
àrvuru (alternative)
àrbulu (alternative)
àrvulu (alternative)

From Latin arbor, arborem. Probably inherited but perhaps via Spanish árbol.


àrbiru

àrbiri (plural)
àrburu (alternative)
àrvuru (alternative)

From Latin arborem f. Doublet of àrbulu, which was borrowed from Spanish.


àrvulu

àrvuli (plural)
àrbiru (alternative)
àrvuru (alternative)
àrbulu (alternative)
àrburu (alternative)

From Latin arbor, possibly via Spanish árbol.


pumu

From Latin pōmum (“fruit”), from Proto-Italic *poomos. Cognate with Italian pomo, French pomme, Ladin pom, Lombard pomm and others.

M'aggruppau un manciari ntô pumu.


jaddina

jaddini (plural)
aḍḍina (alternative)
gaḍḍina (alternative)
jaḍḍina (alternative)


chiazza

square (an open space between buildings in a city)


civu

civi (plural)
cibbu (alternative)
cibu (alternative)

Inherited from Latin cibus. The alternative forms may reflect influence from Italian cibo, a borrowing from Latin.


otru

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otru (masculine and feminine plural otri)


cona

From Ancient Greek εἰκών (eikṓn, “likeness, image, portrait”), probably through Byzantine Greek εικόνα (eikóna).


sèculu

→ Maltese: seklu

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin sēculum (“lifetime, age”), from saeculum (“lifetime, age”).


tettu

From Latin tēctum, from tēctus, perfect passive participle, from tegō (“I cover”).


jardinu

jardina (plural)
iardinu (alternative)
giardinu (alternative)

→ Italian: Giardina

→ English: Giardina

From Medieval Latin jardinus, from Old Frankish *gardin, oblique case of *gardō (“enclosure, yard”), from Proto-Germanic *gardô (“enclosure, garden, house”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰordʰos (“hedge, enclosure”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ- (“court, yard”). Cognate with French jardin, German Garten, Italian giardino, Spanish jardín.


scorcia

From scortea (“leather bag or garment”), substantivization of scorteus (“made of skin or leather”), from Latin scortum (“skin, hide”). Compare French écorce, Romanian scoarță, Italian scorza.

(by extension) husk, peel, skin (of fruit, etc.)


fumari

Inherited from Latin fumō, fumāre (“to smoke”). Compare Italian fumare. By surface analysis, fumu (“smoke”) + -ari.


cocu

→ English: Coco, Lo Coco

→ Italian: Coco, Lo Coco

→ Maltese: kok


-era

From Latin -ārius -ārium, with metathesis of "i" (through a Vulgar Latin form *-airu). Compare Spanish -ero, Portuguese -eiro. Doublet of the suffix Doublet of -aru.


-era

nguantu (“glove”) + -era → nguantera (“glove compartment”)

manu (“hand”) + -era → manera (“manner, literally "the way to use the hands"”)

indicates a place or object where something can be found, kept or done

forms names of certain plants or trees from the name of their fruit


paracqua

From para- + acqua. Cognate with Italian paracqua and Spanish paraguas.


furca

(tool, agriculture) fork (instrument used in agriculture and gardening)


fasola

→ Maltese: fażola

From Latin phaseolus, probably from Ancient Greek φάσηλος (phásēlos).


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)


chisti

From Latin eccu(m) istī or istae, nominative plurals of iste.


antura

From Latin ante (“before”) + hōram (“hour, time”).

Talè, Nirìa cc'eni... u vitti antura ca passijava.

Look over there, there's Niria... I saw him just a second ago strolling.


facci

Ultimately inherited from Latin faciēs. The attended inherited reconstruction should be *fazzi (cf. Sicilian spezzi). It remains unclear how the palatalization appeared. One hypothesis leads towards the linguistic influence of an Old French or Norman stratum. Compare, for more, accia, sacciu, siccia for similiar morphological developments into Sicilian. Cognate with Italian faccia, Catalan faç, Sardinian facci, Galician and Portuguese face. That, along with the apparent absence—at least in the 1920's—of a Sicilian variant with final /-a/ (again per the AIS), makes a borrowing from Italian faccia unlikely.


jemu

Italian: amunì

From Latin iāmus, from Latin eāmus (“[we] go”) Cognate with Italian gimo, Neapolitan jamme.

first-person plural present indicative tense of jiri; (we) go.


lutra

→ Maltese: lutra


Cipru

Cyprus (an island and country in the Mediterranean Sea, normally considered politically part of Southeast Europe but geographically part of Western Asia)


scroti

[ˈʃkrɔː.t̪ɪ̟]


peddi

skin (outer covering of the body of a person)


mugghieri

mugghieri (plural)
muggheri (alternative)
muglieri (alternative)

From Latin mulierem. Compare Italian moglie, Neapolitan mugliera.

A married woman, especially in relation to her spouse; wife.


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)

Iddu avi na màchina russa.

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

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chiddu (feminine singular chidda, masculine and feminine plural chiddi)

chidda (feminine singular)
chiddi (feminine masculine plural)

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


casciuni

→ Maltese: kexxun


èssiri

èssiri (infinitive)
siri (infinitive)
aviri statu (infinitive multiword-construction)
statu (participle past)
sennu (gerund)
avennu statu (gerund multiword-construction)
sugnu (indicative present singular)
si' (indicative present second-person singular)
è (indicative present singular)
esti (indicative present singular)
e-ni (indicative present singular)
e-di (indicative present singular)
semu (indicative plural present)
siti (indicative plural present)
sunnu (indicative plural present)
su' (indicative plural present)
era (imperfect indicative singular)
eri (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
eri-tu (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
èramu (imperfect indicative plural)
èrumu (imperfect indicative plural)
era-vu (imperfect indicative plural)
eru-vu (imperfect indicative plural)
èranu (imperfect indicative plural)
èrunu (imperfect indicative plural)
fui (indicative preterite singular)
fusti (indicative preterite second-person singular)
fu (indicative preterite singular)
fummu (indicative plural preterite)
fusti-vu (indicative plural preterite)
fusti (indicative plural preterite)
fustû (indicative plural preterite)
foru (indicative plural preterite)
forra (conditional singular)
sarìa (conditional singular)
forri (conditional second-person singular)
saristi (conditional second-person singular)
fòrrimu (conditional plural)
sarìumu (conditional plural)
forru-vu (conditional plural)
saristu (conditional plural)
fòrrunu (conditional plural)
sarìunu (conditional plural)
sìa (present singular subjunctive)
si' (present second-person singular subjunctive)
sìamu (plural present subjunctive)
siati (plural present subjunctive)
sìanu (plural present subjunctive)
fussi (imperfect singular subjunctive)
fussi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
fùssimu (imperfect plural subjunctive)
fussi-vu (imperfect plural subjunctive)
fùssiru (imperfect plural subjunctive)
si' (imperative second-person singular)
fussi (imperative singular)
semu (imperative plural)
siti (imperative plural)
siri (alternative)

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin essere, from Latin esse.


cantari

cantari (infinitive)
cantannu (gerund)
cantatu (participle past)
cantu (first-person indicative present singular)
canti (indicative present second-person singular)
canta (indicative present singular third-person)
cantamu (first-person indicative plural present)
cantati (indicative plural present second-person)
càntanu (indicative plural present third-person)
càntunu (indicative plural present third-person)
cantava (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
cantavu (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
cantavi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
cantava (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
cantàvamu (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
cantàvavu (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
cantàvanu (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
cantàvunu (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
cantai (first-person indicative preterite singular)
cantasti (indicative preterite second-person singular)
cantau (indicative preterite singular third-person)
cantò (indicative preterite singular third-person)
cantammu (first-person indicative plural preterite)
cantamu (first-person indicative plural preterite)
cantàstivu (indicative plural preterite second-person)
cantàrunu (indicative plural preterite third-person)
cantaru (indicative plural preterite third-person)
cantirò (first-person future indicative singular)
cantirogghiu (first-person future indicative singular)
cantirai (future indicative second-person singular)
cantirà (future indicative singular third-person)
cantiremu (first-person future indicative plural)
cantireti (future indicative plural second-person)
cantiriti (future indicative plural second-person)
cantirannu (future indicative plural third-person)
cantirìa (first-person indicative singular)
cantirissi (indicative second-person singular)
cantirìa (indicative singular third-person)
cantirìamu (first-person indicative plural)
cantirìavu (indicative plural second-person)
cantirìanu (indicative plural third-person)
cantu (first-person present singular subjunctive)
canti (present second-person singular subjunctive)
canta (present singular subjunctive third-person)
cantamu (first-person plural present subjunctive)
cantati (plural present second-person subjunctive)
càntanu (plural present subjunctive third-person)
càntunu (plural present subjunctive third-person)
cantassi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
cantassi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
cantassi (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
cantàssimu (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
cantàssivu (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
cantàssiru (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
canta (imperative second-person singular)
cantassi (imperative singular third-person)
cantamu (first-person imperative plural)
cantati (imperative plural second-person)


parrari

parrari (infinitive)
parrannu (gerund)
parratu (participle past)
parru (first-person indicative present singular)
parri (indicative present second-person singular)
parra (indicative present singular third-person)
parramu (first-person indicative plural present)
parrati (indicative plural present second-person)
pàrranu (indicative plural present third-person)
pàrrunu (indicative plural present third-person)
parrava (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
parravu (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
parravi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
parrava (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
parràvamu (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
parràvavu (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
parràvanu (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
parràvunu (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
parrai (first-person indicative preterite singular)
parrasti (indicative preterite second-person singular)
parrau (indicative preterite singular third-person)
parrò (indicative preterite singular third-person)
parrammu (first-person indicative plural preterite)
parramu (first-person indicative plural preterite)
parràstivu (indicative plural preterite second-person)
parràrunu (indicative plural preterite third-person)
parraru (indicative plural preterite third-person)
parrirò (first-person future indicative singular)
parrirogghiu (first-person future indicative singular)
parrirai (future indicative second-person singular)
parrirà (future indicative singular third-person)
parriremu (first-person future indicative plural)
parrireti (future indicative plural second-person)
parririti (future indicative plural second-person)
parrirannu (future indicative plural third-person)
parrirìa (first-person indicative singular)
parririssi (indicative second-person singular)
parrirìa (indicative singular third-person)
parrirìamu (first-person indicative plural)
parrirìavu (indicative plural second-person)
parrirìanu (indicative plural third-person)
parru (first-person present singular subjunctive)
parri (present second-person singular subjunctive)
parra (present singular subjunctive third-person)
parramu (first-person plural present subjunctive)
parrati (plural present second-person subjunctive)
pàrranu (plural present subjunctive third-person)
pàrrunu (plural present subjunctive third-person)
parrassi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
parrassi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
parrassi (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
parràssimu (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
parràssivu (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
parràssiru (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
parra (imperative second-person singular)
parrassi (imperative singular third-person)
parramu (first-person imperative plural)
parrati (imperative plural second-person)
pallari (alternative)
parlari (alternative)

From Late Latin parabolō, from Latin parabola (“comparison”), from Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ).


lacu

From Latin lacus, from Proto-Italic *lakus, from Proto-Indo-European *lókus (“lake, pool”).


ciuri

ciuri (plural)
ciura (plural)
çuri (alternative)
çiuri (alternative proscribed)
fiuri (alternative proscribed)
fluri (alternative proscribed)
hiuri (alternative proscribed)
sciuri (alternative proscribed)
xhiuri (alternative proscribed)
xhuri (alternative proscribed)
xiuri (alternative proscribed)
xuri (alternative proscribed)

Inherited from Latin flōrem. Compare Neapolitan sciore, Italian fiore.


sceccu

→ Italian: scecco

Likely borrowed from Ottoman Turkish اشك (eşek, “donkey”).