Sicilian
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Etymology
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Ultimately from Old French cheminee, either directly or through Old Spanish chimenea.
ciminìa f (plural ciminìi)
- chimney (construction raised above the roof to expel the smoke of a fireplace)
- cappeddu di ciminìa ― cowl
- àncilu di ciminìa ― ugly dirty person (literally, “chimney angel”)
Descendants
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References
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- Traina, Antonino (1868) “ciminìa”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 856
- Pasqualino (c. 1790) “ciminia”, in Vocabolario siciliano etimologico, italiano e latino (in Italian), volume 1, page 319