sonnu
Sicilian
Alternative forms
- suonnu (Diphtongization)
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Latin somnus (“sleep”), from Proto-Italic *swepnos, from Proto-Indo-European *swépnos. Compare Portuguese sono, Italian sonno (“sleep”) and Spanish sueño (“sleep”).
Noun
sonnu m
- sleep, slumber
- sleepiness
- Àju assai sonnu.
- I am very sleepy.
- (literally, “I have much sleepiness”)
- (anatomy) temple
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Etymology 2
From Vulgar Latin *somnum, from Latin somnium (“dream”); otherwise directly from somnus (“sleep”) (as Etymology 1). Compare Portuguese sonho, Italian sogno (“dream”) and Spanish sueño (“dream”).
Alternative forms
Noun
sonnu m
- dream
- A l'autra notti fici un sonnu.
- Last night I made a dream.
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Verb
sonnu
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- Sicilian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Sicilian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Sicilian terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *swep-
- Sicilian terms inherited from Latin
- Sicilian terms derived from Latin
- Sicilian terms inherited from Proto-Italic
- Sicilian terms derived from Proto-Italic
- Sicilian terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Sicilian lemmas
- Sicilian nouns
- Sicilian masculine nouns
- Sicilian terms with usage examples
- scn:Anatomy
- Sicilian terms inherited from Vulgar Latin
- Sicilian terms derived from Vulgar Latin
- Sicilian non-lemma forms
- Sicilian verb forms
- scn:Sleep
- scn:Thinking