miolu

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Sicilian

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Alternative forms

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  • mijolu (orthographic spelling)

Etymology

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Inherited from Latin modiolus (“wheel hub”). Compare French moyeu.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /miˈɔ.lu/, [mi̞ˈjɔːlu̞]
  • Hyphenation: mï‧ò‧lu

Noun

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mïolu m (plural mïoli)

  1. hub (of a wheel)
  2. yoke (of a bell)

References

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  • AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1231: “il mozzo” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
  • Traina, Antonino (1868) “miolu”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 2507
  • Pasqualino (c. 1790) “mïòlu”, in Vocabolario siciliano etimologico, italiano e latino (in Italian), volume 3, page 169
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