cintìmulu

Sicilian

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin cingō, thus compare cìnciri and cinta. For sense 2, compare centu and Italian centesimino.

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Noun

cintìmulu m (plural cintìmuli)

1. mill powered by draught animals, usually a mule (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)

   firriari lu cintìmulu ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   • c. 1786, Giovanni Meli, chapter VII, in Don Chisciotti e Sanciu Panza, stanza 29:

     Pirchì cci pari lu celu un cintimulu, […]

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3. (archaic, humorous) a lira cent

References

• Traina, Antonino (1868) “cintìmulu”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 862
• Pasqualino (c. 1790) “cintìmulu”, in Vocabolario siciliano etimologico, italiano e latino (in Italian), volume 1, page 322