ciàula
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Sicilian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unknown. Compare Neapolitan ciàula, Tarantino ciola, Friulian çore. Compare also Romanian cioară, Albanian sorrë.
Pasqualino suggests cià, onomatopoeia imitating the bird's sound, + -ula (diminutive suffix), and compares it to the similarly formed Latin grāculus (“jackdaw”).[1]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun[edit]
ciàula f (plural ciàuli)
- Various black cawing birds:
- 1785 – 1787, Giovanni Meli, Don Chisciotti e Sanciu Panza 7.71:
- crow (Corvus corone)
- magpie (Pica pica)
- Synonym: carcarazza
- jackdaw (Coloeus monedula)
- (figuratively) chatterbox (talkative person)
Descendants[edit]
- → Maltese: ċawl