carrughju

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Corsican[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Ligurian [Term?], from Latin quadrivium. Compare Italian carruggio.

Noun[edit]

carrughju m (plural carrughji)

  1. street, alley (in a town)
    • 1984, A Filetta (lyrics and music), “U ventu scemu è a vechja serena”, in Cun tè:
      Una tinta vichjarella // si n'andava dirinata, // u vintacciu scaccanendu // in carrughju l'hà lampata...
      An unlucky worn out old lady was walking, the bad wind threw her on the street laughing...

Further reading[edit]

  • carrughju” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa