scùnchiri

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Sicilian

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Etymology

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From s- +‎ cùnchiri.

Verb

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scùnchiri (past participle scunchiutu) (intransitive)

  1. to faint
    scùnchiri lu cori(please add an English translation of this usage example)
  2. to languish (become weak)
  3. to emaciate (grow thin)
  4. (of a liquid) to evaporate
  5. (of paper) to blot (suck ink)

References

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  • Traina, Antonino (1868) “scunchiudiri[sic]”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 3751
  • Pasqualino (c. 1790) “scunchiri”, in Vocabolario siciliano etimologico, italiano e latino (in Italian), volume 4, page 414
  • Mortillaro, Vincenzo (1862) “scùnchiri”, in Nuovo vocabolario siciliano-italiano (in Italian), page 777