carrughju
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Corsican[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ligurian [Term?], from Latin quadrivium. Compare Italian carruggio.
Noun[edit]
carrughju m (plural carrughji)
- 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