chiaiteri

Sicilian

Etymology

From chiaitari (“to chatter, gossip”) +‎ -eri.

Noun

chiaiteri m (plural chiaiteri)

  1. big mouth, windbag, gossiper

Descendants
  • →? Maltese: ċajtier

References
  • Traina, Antonino (1868) “chiaiteri”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 810
  • Pasqualino (c. 1790) “chiaiteri”, in Vocabolario siciliano etimologico, italiano e latino (in Italian), volume 1, page 300
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