accapari

Sicilian

Alternative forms

  • accabbari (sonorized variant)
  • 'ccapari, 'ccabbari, ccapari, ccabbari (apheretic variant)

Etymology

Possibly influenced by a hiberic stratum, ultimately inherited from Vulgar Latin *accapāre. By surface analysis, a- +‎ capu (end, conclusion) +‎ -ari. Compare Neapolitan accapà, Aragonese, Asturian, Galician, Portuguese, and Spanish acabar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ak.kaˈpa.ɾɪ/
  • Hyphenation: ac‧ca‧pà‧ri

Verb

accapari

  1. to finish, end

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • accapata
  • accapatina
  • accapatu
  • accapaturi
  • a capu
  • puntu e a capu

See also