Carnilivari

Sicilian

Alternative forms

• Carnaluvari, Carnilivaru, Carnivali, Carruali, Carriali
• Carnelevara, Carnulivaru (Calabria)
• Carniale (Salento)

Etymology

Compare Italian Carnevale.

Noun

Carnilivari m (uncountable)

1. Carnival (feast week preceding Lent)

   nannu di Carnilivari — (see entry)

   baruni di Carnilivari ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   cassateddi di Carnilivari ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   Lu Carnivali mancia cu cu voi, e la Pasqua cu li toi.

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2. The nannu, impersonification of the Carnival.
3. (humorous) someone dressed eccentrically, oddly (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)
4. fool, idiot

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:babbu

References

• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 774: “Carnevale” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
• Traina, Antonino (1868) “Carnilivari, Cannilivari e Carnivali”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 719
• Mortillaro, Vincenzo (1862) “Carnilivari”, in Nuovo vocabolario siciliano-italiano (in Italian), page 147
• Pasqualino (c. 1790) “Carnilivari”, in Vocabolario siciliano etimologico, italiano e latino (in Italian), volume 1, page 264