# cumannari
## Sicilian
### Alternative forms

* cumandari

### Etymology

From Latin commandāre, variant of commendāre. Compare Italian comandare.

### Verb

cumannari (past participle cumannatu)
* to command
    cumannari a bacchetta ― to command in a despotic manner, to boss around
    cumannari li festi ― to lord over, swagger
* to be in charge of
    cumannari un vascellu ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    cumannari un riggimentu ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    Cu sapi fari, sapi cumannari.(please add an English translation of this usage example)(literally, “They who can do, can command.”)

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | cumannari | cumannari |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | cumannannu | cumannannu |
| past participle | past participle | past participle | cumannatu | cumannatu |
| person | singular | singular | plural | plural |
| person | first | second | third | first | second | third |
| indicative | iu | tu | iddu/idda | nuàutri | vuàutri | iddi |
| present | cumannu | cumanni | cumanna | cumannamu | cumannati | cumànnanu, cumànnunu |
| imperfect | cumannava, cumannavu | cumannavi | cumannava | cumannàvamu | cumannàvavu | cumannàvanu, cumannàvunu |
| preterite | cumannai | cumannasti | cumannau, cumannò | cumannammu, cumannamu | cumannàstivu | cumannàrunu, cumannaru |
| future$^1$ | cumannirò, cumannirogghiu | cumannirai | cumannirà | cumanniremu | cumannireti, cumanniriti | cumannirannu |
| present perfect | Use the present indicative tense of aviri plus the past participle | Use the present indicative tense of aviri plus the past participle | Use the present indicative tense of aviri plus the past participle |
| past perfect | Use the imperfect indicative tense of aviri plus the past participle | Use the imperfect indicative tense of aviri plus the past participle | Use the imperfect indicative tense of aviri plus the past participle |
| conditional$^1$ | iu | tu | iddu/idda | nuàutri | vuàutri | iddi |
| present | cumannirìa | cumannirissi | cumannirìa | cumannirìamu | cumannirìavu | cumannirìanu |
| past | Use the present conditional tense of aviri plus the past participle | Use the present conditional tense of aviri plus the past participle | Use the present conditional tense of aviri plus the past participle |
| subjunctive | iu | tu | iddu/idda | nuàutri | vuàutri | iddi |
| present | cumannu | cumanni | cumanna | cumannamu | cumannati | cumànnanu, cumànnunu |
| imperfect | cumannassi | cumannassi | cumannassi | cumannàssimu | cumannàssivu | cumannàssiru |
| present perfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of aviri plus the past participle | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of aviri plus the past participle | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of aviri plus the past participle |
| imperative | – | tu | vossìa | nuàutri | vuàutri | – |
| imperative | — | cumanna | cumannassi | cumannamu | cumannati | — |
| $^1$disused ||||

#### Descendants

* → Maltese: kkmanda

### References

* Traina, Antonino (1868) “cumannari”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 1096
* Pasqualino (c. 1790) “cumannari”, in Vocabolario siciliano etimologico, italiano e latino (in Italian), volume 1, page 371