scaudari

Sicilian

Alternative forms

• scuadari, squadari (metathetic)
• scuarari (metathetic, rhotacized)
• scaurijari (rhocized, + *idiare)

Etymology

Inherited from Latin excaldō, excaldāre. Cognate with Italian scaldare. By surface analysis, s- +‎ caudu (“hot”) +‎ -ari.

Verb

scaudari

1. (transitive) to warm up (to increase the heat of something)
2. (transitive) to burn, scald (to injure with heat or fire)

References

• Traina, Antonino (1868) “squadari”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 4022