ciàguru

Sicilian

Alternative forms

• çàguru, çauru (more refined spellings)
• ciauru, ciàvuru

(bisyllabic and trisyllabic dialectal variants)

• ciairu, ciàviru

(bisyllabic and trisyllabic dialectal variants ([ʊ]~[w] merges to [ɪ]~[j]))

• sciauru, sciairu

(non-orthographic, eye dialect)

• çiàguru, hiàguru, xhiàguru, xhàguru, xiàguru, xàguru, hjàguru, xhjàguru, xjàguru (proscribed spellings)

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *flag(u)rum, from Late Latin flāgrāre, present active infinitive of flāgrō, by dissimilation from Latin frāgrō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreh₂gro-, from *bʰreh₂g- (“to smell”) + *-ro-. See also Latin flator and English flavour.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈça.ʊ.ɾʊ/ (Standard)
• IPA^(key): /ˈçaw.ɾʊ/ (unstressed vowel becomes a semiconsonant)
• IPA^(key): /ˈça.vʊ.ɾʊ/ (unstressed vowel becomes a labiodental consonant)
• Hyphenation: cià‧gu‧ru

• Notes: local dialectal can change unstressed vowels into [ɪ], or [ə] for Gallo-italic variants
• Notes: [ç] sound can be pronounced also as [ʃ] or [t͡ʃ]

Noun

ciàguru m (plural ciàguri)

1. odor, smell, fragrance

Derived terms

• ciagurusu

Related terms

• ciatu
• ciumi
• ciuri
• fetu
• fitinzìa
• fètiri
• sbùmmicu
• sintina
• àriu