somicar

From a contraction of *sonamicar from sonar, an analogical formation to *ploramicar, the reconstructed source of ploramiques (“crybaby”).

• IPA^(key): (Central) [su.miˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [so.miˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [so.miˈkaɾ]

somicar (first-person singular present somico, first-person singular preterite somiquí, past participle somicat)

1. (intransitive) to whimper

   Synonym: ploriquejar

   • 2002, Albert Sánchez Piñol, chapter 4, in La pell freda, La Campana, →ISBN:

     Vaig somicar amb llàgrimes petites, i al mateix temps que plorava, mentre em mossegava un puny, sabia, em constava, que cap providència em trauria mai de l'illa.

     I whimpered with small tears, and while I was crying, while I bit on a fist, I knew, it was obvious to me, that no providence could ever get me off the island.

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• “somicar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “somicar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.