cunocchia
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Sicilian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- cunoccia (palatalized)
Etymology[edit]
From the metathetis of the vowels of Medieval Latin conucula, by dissimilation from colucula, diminutive of Latin colus (“distaff”). Compare Italian conocchia.
Noun[edit]
cunocchia f (plural cunocchi)
- (weaving) distaff
- Synonyms: rocca, spagnuletta
- hub (of a wheel)
- cunocchia di la rota ― wheel hub
- (botany) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text
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References[edit]
- Traina, Antonino (1868) “cunocchia”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, pages 1147–1148
- Pasqualino (c. 1790) “cunocchia”, in Vocabolario siciliano etimologico, italiano e latino (in Italian), volume 1, page 385
- AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1502: “la rocca, la conocchia” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it