ciusciari

Sicilian edit

Etymology edit

Ultimately from of Latin sufflāre, from present active infinitive of sufflō (“blow, puff up, inflate”). The initial palatalization could derive from the dissimulation of the aforementioned verb, determining a reduplication of the original fl- nexus, instead of the s-. Alternatively the phonetic change could derive from an intermediate vulgar form *flufflare, frequentative of sufflare. Doublet of susciari.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /çuˈʃːaɾi/ (Standard)
IPA^(key): /t͡ʃuˈʃːaɾi/ (Palatized, often when preceded by a)
IPA^(key): /ʃuˈʃːaɾi/ (Simplified pronunciation)
Hyphenation: ciù‧ri
Hyphenation: ciu‧scià‧ri

Verb edit

ciusciari

Alternative form of susciari