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Sicilian
Etymology
Possibly derived from an Occitan/Norman stratum (compare Old French mere), ultimately from Late Latin commāter, from com- (“together”) + māter (“mother”). Cognate with Catalan and Italian comare, Neapolitan cummà, Galician, Spanish, and Portuguese comadre, French commère, Norman conméthe, Romanian cumătră.
Pronunciation
Noun
cummari f (plural cummari)
- female baptismal sponsor of one's child, cummer, godmother
- "Aciḍḍuzzu di me cummari", traditional song (as given in 2012, Nicolò La Perna, Rosa Balistreri - Rusidda... a licatisi, p. 292):
- Aciḍḍuzzu di me cummari / senza pinni e senza ali / si pusau supra a scagghiola / a testa di intra e l’ali di fora.
- Little bird of my child's godmother / Without feathers and without wings / Alighted on the canary-grass / Head inside and wings outside.
- female witness at one's wedding; maid of honor
- girlfriend (close female friend) (usually between women)
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