chiuritu
Sicilian edit
Etymology edit
From Vulgar Latin *plūrītus, with dissimilation from Latin prūrītus (“an itching”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
chiuritu m (plural chiuriti)
- an itching, itch
- Synonyms: mancìu, manciaciumi
References edit
- Traina, Antonino (1868) “chiuritu”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 834