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bisognu

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Sicilian

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Etymology

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Etymology tree
Frankish *bisunnijabor.
Vulgar Latin *bisonium
Sicilian bisognu

    Inherited from Vulgar Latin *bisonium.

    Noun

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    bisognu m (plural bisogni)

    1. need, necessity
      aviri bisognu di ― to need
    2. (often in the plural) excrements
      fari li so bisogni ― to defecate

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    Descendants

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    • → Maltese: bżonn

    References

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    • Traina, Antonino (1868), “bisognu”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 540
    • Mortillaro, Vincenzo (1862), “bisògnu”, in Nuovo vocabolario siciliano-italiano (in Italian), page 114
    • Pasqualino (c. 1790), “bisognu”, in Vocabolario siciliano etimologico, italiano e latino (in Italian), volume 1, page 202
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