cumannari

Sicilian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin commandāre, variant of commendāre. Compare Italian comandare.

Verb

cumannari (past participle cumannatu)

  1. to command
    cumannari a bacchetta ― to command in a despotic manner, to boss around
    cumannari li festi ― to lord over, swagger
  2. to be in charge of
    cumannari un vascellu ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    cumannari un riggimentu ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    Cu sapi fari, sapi cumannari.
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    (literally, “They who can do, can command.”)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of (first conjugation)
infinitive
gerund cumannannu
past participle cumannatu
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative iu tu iddu/idda nuàutri vuàutri iddi
present cumannu cumanni cumanna cumannamu cumannati cumànnanu, cumànnunu
imperfect cumannava, cumannavu cumannavi cumannava cumannàvamu cumannàvavu cumannàvanu, cumannàvunu
preterite cumannai cumannasti cumannau, cumannò cumannammu, cumannamu cumannàstivu cumannàrunu, cumannaru
future1 cumannirò, cumannirogghiu cumannirai cumannirà cumanniremu cumannireti, cumanniriti cumannirannu
present perfect Use the present indicative tense of aviri plus the past participle
past perfect Use the imperfect indicative tense of aviri plus the past participle
conditional present cumannirìa cumannirissi cumannirìa cumannirìamu cumannirìavu cumannirìanu
conditional past Use the present conditional tense of aviri plus the past participle
subjunctive iu tu iddu/idda nuàutri vuàutri iddi
present cumannu cumanni cumanna cumannamu cumannati cumànnanu, cumànnunu
imperfect cumannassi cumannassi cumannassi cumannàssimu cumannàssivu cumannàssiru
present perfect Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of aviri plus the past participle
imperative – tu vossìa nuàutri vuàutri –
— cumanna cumannassi cumannamu cumannati —
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Descendants

  • → Maltese: kkmanda

References

  • Traina, Antonino (1868) “cumannari”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 1096
  • Pasqualino (c. 1790) “cumannari”, in Vocabolario siciliano etimologico, italiano e latino (in Italian), volume 1, page 371
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