buscimisi
Sicilian
Etymology
From Buscema (“Buscemi”) + -isi (toponymic suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bʊʃ.ʃɪˈmi.sɪ/
Adjective
buscimisi (feminine singular buscimisa, masculine and feminine plural buscimisi)
- Of, from, or related to Buscemi.
- A person who was born in, or is a citizen or inhabitant of, Buscemi, Sicily, Italy.
- I buscimisi su' ditti "cucchi" dî pajisi vicini.
- Buscemese people are named "the owls" by the nearby towns.
Proper noun
buscimisi m (plural buscimisi)
- (collective) The citizens of Buscemi.
- I buscimisi abbitanu ncapu ô munti Vignitti, dopu ca lassaru u munti santa Nicola a pressu dû tirrimotu dû 1693.
- Buscemese people live on top of mount Vignitti, after they left mount saint Nicolas afterwards 1693 Sicily earthquake.
- (uncountable) The Sicilian dialect, written in Latin alphabet and spoken and spelled using the local pronunciation, which is considerable a subdialect of the Modican one.
- I buscimisi pàrranu comu ê mudicani; dìciunu facila mmeci di vacila e favaluci mmeci di vavaluci.
- Buscemese people speak alike Modicans; they sayfacila instead of vacila and favaluci instead of vavaluci.
See also
- mudicanu
- ragusanu
- palazzulisi
- bucchirisi
- firrisi
- cassarisi