jocu di focu

Sicilian

Etymology

Literally, “game of fire”.

Noun

jocu di focu m (plural jochi di focu)

  1. firework
    Synonym: focu d'artifizziu
    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

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

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