Muncibbeḍḍu

Sicilian

Alternative forms

Mungibbeḍḍu (sonorized variant, dialectal)

Etymology

Supposedly from an earlier /ˌmʊnsd͡ʒɪˈb(ː)əl.lʊ/, derived from the latinate Blend of mōns (mountain) +‎ Arabic جَبَل ("jabal", mountain), both meaning in fact “mountain”, determining a tautological etymogical. By surface analysis, munti +‎ Arabic جَبَل (jabal), even though a Latin origin of the first element explains better the inner palatalized sound. The Sicilian ending has been perhaps triggered by the apocopic ending of jabal, regularly yielding a syllable and a paroxytone stress after it, as in the nexus〈-ˈV-l-lu〉, then regularly retroflexed.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌmun.t͡ʃibˈbɛɖ.ɖu/
Hyphenation: Mun‧cib‧bèḍ‧ḍu

Proper noun

Muncibbeḍḍu (m)

Etna (a volcano in Sicily, Italy)
Synonyms: Etna, a Muntagna

Related terms

Descendants

→ Italian: Mongibello