ciminìa

Sicilian

Etymology

Ultimately from Old French cheminee, either directly or through Old Spanish chimenea.

Noun

ciminìa f (plural ciminìi)

1. chimney (construction raised above the roof to expel the smoke of a fireplace)

   cappeddu di ciminìa ― cowl

   àncilu di ciminìa ― ugly dirty person (literally, “chimney angel”)

Descendants

• → Maltese: ċumnija, ċimnija

References

• Traina, Antonino (1868) “ciminìa”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 856
• Pasqualino (c. 1790) “ciminia”, in Vocabolario siciliano etimologico, italiano e latino (in Italian), volume 1, page 319