morvu

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Sicilian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Latin morbus (illness).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɔɾ.βʊ/
  • IPA(key): /ˈmɔβ.βʊ/, , (regressively assimilated)
  • Hyphenation: mòr‧vu

Noun

morvu m (uncountable)

  1. snot (nose mucus)
    Synonyms: brugghiu, muccu, mòcculu, mòccaru
  2. (medicine, zoology) glanders
  3. (general sense) illness
    Synonyms: malatìa, rifridduri, corpu d'aria

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References

  • Pasqualino (c. 1790) “morvu”, in Vocabolario siciliano etimologico, italiano e latino (in Italian), volume 3, page 193
  • Traina, Antonino (1868) “morvu”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 2557
  • AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweizmap 169: “il moccio” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it