curveddu

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Sicilian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From corvu (“crow”) +‎ -eddu, because of its dark colour. Compare Italian corvello.

Noun

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curveddu m (plural curveddi) (especially Messina)

  1. shi drum (Umbrina cirrosa)

Descendants

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  • → Maltese: gurbell

Further reading

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  • Traina, Antonino (1868) “curveddu”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 4737
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