morvu

Sicilian

Alternative forms

• morbu

Etymology

Inherited from Latin morbus (“illness”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔɾ.βʊ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔβ.βʊ/, [ˈmɔb.bʊ], [ˈmɔv.vʊ] (regressively assimilated)
• Hyphenation: mòr‧vu

Noun

morvu m (uncountable)

1. snot (nose mucus)

   Synonyms: brugghiu, muccu, mòcculu, mòccaru

2. (medicine, zoology) glanders
3. (general sense) illness

   Synonyms: malatìa, rifridduri, corpu d'aria

Derived terms

• murviḍḍu

Related terms

• frevi
• muccaturi
• stranutari
• stranutu
• tussi
• tùssiri

See also

• aricchiuni
• herpes
• irpiti
• russànija
• sèttima malatìa
• variceḍḍa

References

• Pasqualino (c. 1790), “morvu”, in Vocabolario siciliano etimologico, italiano e latino (in Italian), volume 3, page 193
• Traina, Antonino (1868), “morvu”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 2557
• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 169: “il moccio” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it