sellozzare

Neapolitan

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

sellozzare

  1. to hiccup

References

  • Rocco, Emmanuele (1882) “sellozzare”, in Vocabolario del dialetto napolitano‎[1]
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