somicar

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From a contraction of *sonamicar from sonar, an analogical formation to *ploramicar, the reconstructed source of ploramiques (crybaby).

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somicar (first-person singular present somico, first-person singular preterite somiquí, past participle somicat)

  1. (intransitive) to whimper
    Synonym: ploriquejar
    • 2002, Albert Sánchez Piñol, chapter 4, in La pell freda, La Campana, →ISBN:
      Vaig somicar amb llàgrimes petites, i al mateix temps que plorava, mentre em mossegava un puny, sabia, em constava, que cap providència em trauria mai de l'illa.
      I whimpered with small tears, and while I was crying, while I bit on a fist, I knew, it was obvious to me, that no providence could ever get me off the island.

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