chiuritu

Sicilian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *plūrītus, with dissimilation from Latin prūrītus (“an itching”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /cuˈɾi.tu/
• Hyphenation: chiu‧rì‧tu

Noun

chiuritu m (plural chiuriti)

1. an itching, itch

   Synonyms: mancìu, manciaciumi

References

• Traina, Antonino (1868) “chiuritu”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 834