agghiummarari

Sicilian

Alternative forms
  • agghiommarari
  • agghiummariari

Etymology

Inherited from Latin agglomerō, agglomerāre (“to wind into a ball”).

Verb

agghiummarari (past participle agghiummaratu)

  1. (transitive)
    1. to wind (into a ball of thread)
      agghiummarari lu filu ― to unravel the thread (from a skein) (literally, “to wind the thread in a ball”)
    2. to eat exceedingly; to stuff oneself
      Agghiòmmara e agghiutti.
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  2. (reflexive) See agghiummaràrisi.

References
  • Traina, Antonino (1868) “agghiummarari e agghiommarari”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 157
  • Pasqualino (c. 1790) “agghiummariari”, in Vocabolario siciliano etimologico, italiano e latino (in Italian), volume 1, page 58
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