morfu

Sicilian

Etymology

Possibly from the Lucanian substrate, from Proto-Italic *morfos, whence Latin morbus whence Sicilian morvu.

Pronunciation

• (Mangone) IPA^(key): [ˈmurfu]
• (Serrastretta) IPA^(key): [ˈmuorfu]

Noun

morfu m

1. (central Calabria) Synonym of morvu (“snot”)

Derived terms

• murfusu

References

• “Dizionario dialettale — M”, in Pro-loco di di Spezzano Piccolo‎^[1], archived from the original on 2022-11-28
• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 169: “il moccio” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it