Sicilian

Noun

cummari f (plural cummari)

1. female baptismal sponsor of one's child, cummer, godmother
   • "Acidduzzu di me cummari", traditional song (as given in 2012, Nicolò La Perna, Rosa Balistreri - Rusidda... a licatisi, p. 292):

     Acidduzzu di me cummari / senza pinni e senza ali / si pusau supra a scagghiola / a testa di intra e l’ali di fora.

     Little bird of my godmother / Without feathers and without wings / Alighted on the canary-grass / Head inside and wings outside.

2. female witness at one's wedding; maid of honor
3. girlfriend (close female friend)

Coordinate terms

• cumpari

Related terms

• comare
• cummà
• cumpà

See also

• comparatico
• madrina