dimuranza

Sicilian

Etymology

From dimurari +‎ -anza. Compare Italian dimoranza.

Noun

dimuranza f (plural dimuranzi)

1. Synonym of dimura
   1. residence, house
   2. delay
      • 13^th century, Stefano Protonotaro da Messina, “Pir meu cori alligrari”:

        Pir meu cori alligrari ¶ chi multu longiamenti ¶ senza alligranza e joi d'amuri è statu, ¶ mi ritornu in cantari, ¶ ca forsi levimenti ¶ da dimuranza turnirìa in usatu ¶ di lu troppu taciri; […]

        To cheer up my heart which has been without happiness and joy of love for a long time, I go back to singing, because maybe I could easily turn the delay of too much silence into a habit; […]

References

• Traina, Antonino (1868) “dimuranza”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 1318