màchina
Sicilian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin machina. Compare Italian macchina and dialectal machina.
Noun
màchina f (plural màchini)
- device, machine (object that allows to perform certain actions)
- màchina umana ― human body (literally, “human machine”)
- màchina pri fari lu bùtiru ― churn for making butter
- machination, plot (secret evil plan)
- omu di màchina ― a crafty, malicious person (literally, “man of machination”)
- very large structure
- È na màchina st'edificiu!
- This building is huge!
- (literally, “This building is a machine!”)
- cavafango (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)
Descendants
- → Maltese: magna, makna; makina
References
- Traina, Antonino (1868), “màchina”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 2316
- Pasqualino (c. 1790), “màchina”, in Vocabolario siciliano etimologico, italiano e latino (in Italian), volume 3, page 69
- Mortillaro, Vincenzo (1862), “màchina”, in Nuovo vocabolario siciliano-italiano (in Italian), pages 502–503