Sicilian edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

manciaciuni f

  1. Alternative form of manciaciumi

References edit

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