buscimisi

Sicilian

Etymology

From Buscema (“Buscemi”) +‎ -isi (demonymic suffix), ultimately from Latin Buxemēnsis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buʃ.ʃiˈmi.si/

Adjective

buscimisi (feminine singular buscimisa, masculine and feminine plural buscimisi)

1. Of, from, or related to Buscemi.
2. A person who was born in, or is a citizen or inhabitant of, Buscemi, Sicily, Italy.

   I buscimisi su' ditti "cucchi" dî pajisi vicini.

   Buscemese people are named "the owls" by the nearby towns.

Proper noun

buscimisi m (plural buscimisi)

1. (collective) The citizens of Buscemi.

   I buscimisi abbitanu ncapu ô munti Vignitti, dopu ca lassaru u munti santa Nicola a pressu dû tirrimotu dû 1693.

   Buscemese people live on top of mount Vignitti, after they left mount saint Nicolas afterwards 1693 Sicily earthquake.

2. (uncountable) The Sicilian dialect, written in Latin alphabet and spoken and spelled using the local pronunciation, which is considerable a subdialect of the Modican one.

   U buscimisi veni parratu comu ô mudicanu. I buscimisi nfatti dìciunu "facila" mmeci di "vacila" e "favaluci" mmeci di "vavaluci".

   Buscemese people speak alike Modicans; they sayfacila instead of vacila and favaluci instead of vavaluci.

See also

• mudicanu
• ragusanu
• palazzulisi
• bucchirisi
• firrisi
• cassarisi