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Sicilian
Etymology
From the epenthesis of Latin nigrum, accusative of niger. Compare Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish negro. Cfr. àguru and màguru for the morphology.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈni.u.ɾu/, (standard)
- IPA(key): /ˈni.vu.ɾu/, (dieretic)
- IPA(key): /ˈni(w).ɾu/, (synaeretic)
- Rhymes: -(v)ʊɾʊ
- Hyphenation: nì‧gu‧ru
Adjective
nìguru (feminine singular nìgura, masculine and feminine plural nìguri)
- black (the darkest colour)
- Antonym: jancu
- (colloquial, Sicilian nciuria) black; (dark-skinned person)
- Synonyms: scuru, ntignatu
- Affacciai â casa di Vastiana a nìgura. ― I have been at Mrs. Vastiana the black's house.
- Antura mi nni jìi nne Turi u nìguru. ― Just now I went at Turi the black'.
- (colloquial, offensive by context) black; (dark-skinned person)
- Synonyms: afru-discinnenti, fricanu, nnianu, turcu, marucchinu
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