ciuri

See also: çiuri

Sicilian

Alternative forms

• çuri (aulic variant)
• çiuri, fiuri, fluri, hiuri, sciuri, xhiuri, xhuri, xiuri, xuri (proscribed)

Etymology

Inherited from Latin flōrem, via the older fiuri. Compare Neapolitan sciore, Italian fiore.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈçu.ɾi/, [ˈçu.ɾɪ], [ˈʃu-], [ˈt͡ʃu-] (standard)
• Hyphenation: ciù‧ri

Noun

ciuri m (plural ciuri or ciura)

1. flower

Derived terms

• Beḍḍuciuri
• Caliciuri
• ciurara
• ciuraru
• ciurazzata
• ciurazzu
• ciuri granni
• ciuri jancu
• ciuri nicu
• ciuri russu
• ciuri, ciuri, ciuri di tuttu l'annu
• ciuriceḍḍu
• Ciuriddia
• ciurittu
• Ciuriḍḍu
• ciuriḍḍu
• ciuriḍḍuzzu
• ciuruzzu
• miḍḍiciuri
• nciurata
• Primuciuri

Related terms

• chianta
• cimala
• frasca
• frasciami
• fruttu
• lapa
• meli
• rama
• zàgara

Descendants

• → Maltese: fjur

See also

• Ciurenza
• Ciuriddia
• Ciurinzula