filìnija

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Sicilian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Possibly conflated with the theme of filu (thread) (giving sense 2), through an intermediate *fuliniga, ultimately from the metathesis of Latin fūlīginem (soot, lampblack). Compare Italian fuliggine, Spanish hollín. Cfr., for the morphology, russànija, sartànija and vurrànija.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɪ.ˈli.nɪ.a/ (standard)
  • IPA(key): /fɪ.ˈli.nja/ (synaeretic)
  • Hyphenation: fi‧lì‧ni‧ja

Noun

filìnija f (plural filìniji)

  1. soot, lampblack
    Synonym: mprogghiu
  2. (by extension, mainly plural) spiderweb
    Synonym: ragnatila
  3. (by extension, mainly plural, slang, figuratively) Unfulfilled (maily female) sexual desire.
    Ḍḍa sutta fici i filìniji.
    My vagina is almost getting blue vulva.

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