cumpari

Sicilian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kumˈpa.ɾi/, [kʊɱˈpa.ɾɪ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾɪ
  • Hyphenation: cum‧pà‧ri

Etymology 1

Possibly derived from an Occitan/Norman stratum (compare Old French pere), ultimately from Late Latin compater, compatrem, from Latin cum + pater. Cognate with Catalan compare, French compère, Italian compare, Neapolitan cumpà. See parrinu for a similar morphology.

Alternative forms

  • cumpà (apocopic variant)
  • mpari (aphaeretic variant)
  • mbari, mbare (aphaeretic and voiced variant, typical in South-Eastern Coast, nearby Catania)

Noun

cumpari m (plural cumpari)

  1. (peer title) male witness at one's wedding, best man
  2. An address used mutually between the groom and his own best man
  3. (by extension) friend, buddy
    Com'è cumpari, chi si dici? ― What's up buddy, how are you doing?
  4. (by extension, trivial, slang) a guy
  5. (interjection) man!
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
  • cumpareḍḍu
  • cumparijari
  • cumparuzzu
Descendants
  • ⇒ English: goombah

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

cumpari

  1. first-person singular present indicative of cumpàriri

See also

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