manciaciuni

Sicilian

Etymology

Distortion of French démangeaison (“an itching”). By surface analysis suffixed with -uni.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌman.tʃaˈçu.ni/
  • Hyphenation: man‧cia‧ciù‧ni

Noun

manciaciuni f

  1. alternative form of manciaciumi

References

  • Traina, Antonino (1868) “manciaciumi, manciaciuni”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 2358
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