dimuranza

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Sicilian

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Etymology

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From dimurari +‎ -anza. Compare Italian dimoranza.

Noun

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dimuranza f (plural dimuranzi)

  1. Synonym of dimura
    1. residence, house
    2. delay
      • 13th 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

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