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) (peer title) male witness at one's wedding, best man An address used mutually between the groom and his own best man (by extension) friend, buddy Com'è cumpari, chi si dici? ― What's up buddy, how are you doing? (by extension, trivial, slang) a guy (interjection) man! ===== Coordinate terms ===== cummari (feminine) ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== ⇒ English: goombah === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== cumpari first-person singular present indicative of cumpàriri === See also ===