scùnchiri

Sicilian

Etymology

From s- +‎ cùnchiri.

Verb

scùnchiri (past participle scunchiutu) (intransitive)

1. to faint

   scùnchiri lu cori ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. to languish (become weak)
3. to emaciate (grow thin)
4. (of a liquid) to evaporate
5. (of paper) to blot (suck ink)

References

• Traina, Antonino (1868) “scunchiudiri^[sic]”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 3751
• Pasqualino (c. 1790) “scunchiri”, in Vocabolario siciliano etimologico, italiano e latino (in Italian), volume 4, page 414
• Mortillaro, Vincenzo (1862) “scùnchiri”, in Nuovo vocabolario siciliano-italiano (in Italian), page 777