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camiddu m

  1. camel
    • 1717, Silverio Sortino, Eneidi‎[1], translation of Aeneid by Virgil:
      Tira la corda, nzirraghja lu griddu, ¶ E darreri na macchja di ijnestra, ¶ Un Dainu mmazzau, quantu un camiddu.
      He pulls the rope, pulls the trigger, and from behind a clump of brooms, killed a deer, as big as a camel.
    • 1736, Giovanni Crisafi, La vita di nostru signuri Gesù Cristu‎[2]:
      Tantu lu jmbu un Camiddu assuttigghia, ¶ Chi passa un fundu d’agugghia valenti!
      A camel can thin its hump as to proudly pass through the eye of a needle!
    • 1814, Giovanni Meli, “Favuli murali – Lu Struzzu, l’Aquila ed autri animali.”, in Poesie Siciliane‎[3]:
      Lu stissu replicaru unitamenti ¶ ’Na Tartuca, un Camiddu, e un Elefanti, ¶ Ch’eranu a stu dïalugu presenti: […]
      Thus unanimously repeated a turtle, a camel, and an elephant, who were present in the discussion: […]
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