scuffundare

Sicilian

Etymology

Reflects a Vulgar Latin *excōnfundāre, from Latin fundus, compare Lucanian Neapolitan scuffunnare, Romanian scufunda, Italian sprofondare.

Verb

scuffundare (Calabria, Salento)

  1. (intransitive, transitive) to sink
    • 1871, Antonio Casetti, Vittorio Imbriani, Canti popolari delle provincie meridionali, E. Loescher, page 245:
      La terra già mi vole scuffundare (Reggio Calabria)
      The earth already wants to sink me
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