màchina

Sicilian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin machina. Compare Italian macchina and dialectal machina.

Noun

màchina f (plural màchini)

  1. 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
  2. machination, plot (secret evil plan)
    omu di màchina ― a crafty, malicious person (literally, “man of machination”)
  3. very large structure
    È na màchina st'edificiu!
    This building is huge!
    (literally, “This building is a machine!”)
  4. 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
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