manciaciuni

Sicilian

Etymology

Distortion of French démangeaison (“an itching”). By surface analysis suffixed with -uni.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌman.tʃaˈçu.ni/
• Hyphenation: man‧cia‧ciù‧ni

Noun

manciaciuni f

1. Alternative form of manciaciumi

References

• Traina, Antonino (1868) “manciaciumi, manciaciuni”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 2358