jocu di focu
Sicilian
Etymology
Literally, “game of fire”.
Noun
jocu di focu m (plural jochi di focu)
- firework
- jochi di focu a la rumana ― (please add an English translation of this usage example) (literally, “Roman fireworks”)
- fari un jocu di focu ― to make noise, din (literally, “to make a firework”)
- finiri a jocu di focu ― to go wrong
- Synonym: focu d'artifizziu
Descendants
- → Maltese: ġigġifogu, ġigdifogu, ġifġifogu, ġogdifogu
References
- Traina, Antonino (1868), “jocu”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 2176
Further reading
jocu di focu on the Sicilian Wikipedia.Wikipedia scn