manciaciumi

Sicilian

Alternative forms

• manciaciuni

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

manciaciumi f

1. an itching, itch

   Synonym: chiuritu

References

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