cumannari

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Sicilian

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Verb

cumannari (past participle cumannatu)

  1. to command
    cumannari a bacchettato command in a despotic manner, to boss around
    cumannari li festito 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

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