buscimisi
Sicilian
editEtymology
editFrom Buscema (“Buscemi”) + -isi (demonymic suffix), ultimately from Latin Buxemēnsis.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editbuscimisi (feminine singular buscimisa, masculine and feminine plural buscimisi)
- Of, from, or related to Buscemi.
- A person who was born in, or is a citizen or inhabitant of, Buscemi, Sicily, Italy.
- I buscimisi su' ditti "cucchi" dî pajisi vicini.
- Buscemese people are named "the owls" by the nearby towns.
Proper noun
editbuscimisi m (plural buscimisi)
- (collective) The citizens of Buscemi.
- I buscimisi abbitanu ncapu ô munti Vignitti, dopu ca lassaru u munti santa Nicola a pressu dû tirrimotu dû 1693.
- Buscemese people live on top of mount Vignitti, after they left mount saint Nicolas afterwards 1693 Sicily earthquake.
- (uncountable) The Sicilian dialect, written in Latin alphabet and spoken and spelled using the local pronunciation, which is considerable a subdialect of the Modican one.
- U buscimisi veni parratu comu ô mudicanu. I buscimisi nfatti dìciunu "facila" mmeci di "vacila" e "favaluci" mmeci di "vavaluci".
- Buscemese people speak alike Modicans; they sayfacila instead of vacila and favaluci instead of vavaluci.