scùnchiri

Sicilian

Etymology

From s- +‎ cùnchiri.

Verb

scùnchiri (past participle scunchiutu) (intransitive)

  1. to faint
    scùnchiri lu cori ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  2. to languish (become weak)
  3. to emaciate (grow thin)
  4. (of a liquid) to evaporate
  5. (of paper) to blot (suck ink)

References
  • Traina, Antonino (1868) “scunchiudiri[sic]”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 3751
  • Pasqualino (c. 1790) “scunchiri”, in Vocabolario siciliano etimologico, italiano e latino (in Italian), volume 4, page 414
  • Mortillaro, Vincenzo (1862) “scùnchiri”, in Nuovo vocabolario siciliano-italiano (in Italian), page 777
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