sellozzare
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Neapolitan
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Vulgar Latin *suggluttiāre, from suggluttium or from alteration of Latin singultāre, from singultus, with the prefix sub- and with influence from gluttīre. Compare Sicilian sugghiuzzari, Italian singhiozzare, Spanish sollozar, Romanian sughița.
Verb
[edit]sellozzare
- to hiccough
References
[edit]- Rocco, Emmanuele (1882) “sellozzare”, in Vocabolario del dialetto napolitano