manciaciumi

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Sicilian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Distortion of French démangeaison (“an itching”). By surface analysis, manciari (“to eat”) +‎ ciumi (“rivers”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˌman.tʃaˈçu.mi/
  • Hyphenation: man‧cia‧ciu‧mi

Noun[edit]

manciaciumi f

  1. an itching, itch
    Synonym: chiuritu

References[edit]

  • Traina, Antonino (1868) “manciaciumi, manciaciuni”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 2358
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