vuccirìa

See also: Vucciria and Vuccirìa

Sicilian

Alternative forms

  • 'uccirìa, 'ucciarìa, vucciarìa
  • buccirìa, uccirìa (non-orthographic variants)

Etymology

Adapted borrowing of Old French boucherie (“butchershop”), from bouc (male goat) +‎ -ier. By surface analysis, vucceri +‎ -ìa. Subseded the indigenous derivates from beccu (“he-goat”). Cognate to Catalan boqueria. Compare also Italian beccheria.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /(v)ut.t͡ʃiˈɾi.a/, [(v)ʊt.t͡ʃɪˈɾi.a]
  • Hyphenation: vuc‧ci‧rì‧a

Noun

vuccirìa f (plural vuccirìi)

  1. butcher's, butchershop
    Synonyms: carnizzarìa, chianca
  2. (figuratively, by extension) fuss, uproar

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Italian: Vucciria (regional)

See also

  • maceḍḍu
  • mirceri
  • scannari
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