sellozzare
Neapolitan
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Vulgar Latin *suggluttiāre, from suggluttium or from alteration of Latin singultāre, from singultus, with the prefix sub- and with influence from gluttīre. Compare Sicilian sugghiuzzari, Italian singhiozzare, Spanish sollozar, Romanian sughița.
Verb
editsellozzare
- to hiccough
References
edit- Rocco, Emmanuele (1882) “sellozzare”, in Vocabolario del dialetto napolitano