sellozzare

Neapolitan

Alternative forms

• selluzzare, sellozzà, selluzzà

Etymology

From 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

sellozzare

1. to hiccough

References

• Rocco, Emmanuele (1882) “sellozzare”, in Vocabolario del dialetto napolitano