firriolu
Sicilian
Alternative forms
- furriolu
Etymology
Connected to Spanish herreruelo; the borrowing directions are badly accounted for. Possibly with influence of firriari (“to spin”).
Noun
firriolu m (plural firriola)
- ferraiolo, cape
- Synonym: vintaloru
- cuddaru di lu firriolu ― neck collar (literally, “collar of the ferraiolo”)
- a lu cògghiri di li firriola ― at the end of the day (literally, “at the grasping of the cape (to stand up)”)
- D'un firriolu nni fici un buttuni.
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- (literally, “Out of a ferraiolo he made a button.”)
Descendants
- →? Italian: ferraiolo
- → Spanish: herreruelo
- → Maltese: firjol
References
- Traina, Antonino (1868) “firriolu”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, pages 1652–1653
- Pasqualino (c. 1790) “firrijolu”, in Vocabolario siciliano etimologico, italiano e latino (in Italian), volume 2, page 138
- Mortillaro, Vincenzo (1862) “firriòlo”, in Nuovo vocabolario siciliano-italiano (in Italian), page 378
- ferraiòlo1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- Accademia della Crusca (p. 1961), “ferraiolo3”, in Grande dizionario della lingua italiana (in Italian), volume 5, page 853, page 854
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