cumannari

Sicilian

Alternative forms

• cumandari

Etymology

From Latin commandāre, variant of commendāre. Compare Italian comandare.

Verb

cumannari (past participle cumannatu)

1. to command

   cumannari a bacchetta ― to command in a despotic manner, to boss around

   cumannari li festi ― to lord over, swagger

2. to be in charge of

   cumannari un vascellu ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   cumannari un riggimentu ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   Cu sapi fari, sapi cumannari.

   (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   (literally, “They who can do, can command.”)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of cumannari (first conjugation)

infinitive		cumannari
gerund			cumannannu
past participle			cumannatu
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	iu	tu	iddu/idda	nuàutri	vuàutri	iddi
present	cumannu	cumanni	cumanna	cumannamu	cumannati	cumànnanu, cumànnunu
imperfect	cumannava, cumannavu	cumannavi	cumannava	cumannàvamu	cumannàvavu	cumannàvanu, cumannàvunu
preterite	cumannai	cumannasti	cumannau, cumannò	cumannammu, cumannamu	cumannàstivu	cumannàrunu, cumannaru
future1	cumannirò, cumannirogghiu	cumannirai	cumannirà	cumanniremu	cumannireti, cumanniriti	cumannirannu
present perfect	Use the present indicative tense of aviri plus the past participle
past perfect	Use the imperfect indicative tense of aviri plus the past participle
conditional1	iu	tu	iddu/idda	nuàutri	vuàutri	iddi
present	cumannirìa	cumannirissi	cumannirìa	cumannirìamu	cumannirìavu	cumannirìanu
past	Use the present conditional tense of aviri plus the past participle
subjunctive	iu	tu	iddu/idda	nuàutri	vuàutri	iddi
present	cumannu	cumanni	cumanna	cumannamu	cumannati	cumànnanu, cumànnunu
imperfect	cumannassi	cumannassi	cumannassi	cumannàssimu	cumannàssivu	cumannàssiru
present perfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of aviri plus the past participle
imperative	–	tu	vossìa	nuàutri	vuàutri	–
	—	cumanna	cumannassi	cumannamu	cumannati	—
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Descendants

• → Maltese: kkmanda

References

• Traina, Antonino (1868) “cumannari”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 1096
• Pasqualino (c. 1790) “cumannari”, in Vocabolario siciliano etimologico, italiano e latino (in Italian), volume 1, page 371