pittinicchiu

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Sicilian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

By surface analysis, pèttini +‎ -icchiu. Corresponds to Vulgar Latin *pectinī̆culum.

Noun[edit]

pettinicchiu m (plural pettinicchi)

  1. Diminutive of pèttini; little comb

References[edit]

  • Traina, Antonino (1868) “pittinicchiu”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 3126
  • Pasqualino (c. 1790) “pittinicchiu”, in Vocabolario siciliano etimologico, italiano e latino (in Italian), volume 4, page 129
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