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Corsican
Etymology 1
Compare Old French corn (“corner, secluded place”).
Noun
scornu m (plural scorni)
- (secluded) place, corner, nook
1984, A Filetta (lyrics and music), “U mare è u fiume”, in Cuntè:Quandu in un scornu hè notte, // in l'altru u sole sorte.- When in a place it is night, in another the Sun rises.
Etymology 2
From Vulgar Latin *excornum.
Noun
scornu m (uncountable)
- shame, humiliation
Further reading
- “scornu” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa
Sicilian
Etymology 1
From Vulgar Latin *excornum.
Noun
scornu m (uncountable)
- shame, humiliation
1785 – 1787,
Giovanni Meli,
Don Chisciotti e Sanciu Panza 12.54:
- A scornu nostru rignirà indefessu / l'omu dunqui, chi pensa, e chi ragiuna?
- Will then a man who thinks and reasons reign tirelessly to our shame?
Etymology 2
Compare Corsican scornu (“corner”), Old French corn (“corner”).
Noun
scornu m (plural scorni)
- (woodworking) each of the two round most external sections of a trunk when cut longitudinally, from which tables are often made (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)
- In full: scornu di la tàvula
References
- Traina, Antonino (1868) “scornu”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 3725
- Pasqualino (c. 1790) “scornu”, in Vocabolario siciliano etimologico, italiano e latino (in Italian), volume 4, page 403
- Mortillaro, Vincenzo (1862) “scornu”, in Nuovo vocabolario siciliano-italiano (in Italian), page 772