Sicilian

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Etymology

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From a- +‎ chiummu (plumb bob) +‎ -ari.

Verb

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acchiummari (past participle acchiummatu)

  1. to measure with a plumb line; to plumb

Conjugation

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References

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  • Traina, Antonino (1868) “acchiummari”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 74
  • Pasqualino (c. 1790) “acchiummari”, in Vocabolario siciliano etimologico, italiano e latino (in Italian), volume 1, page 22