tuppettu

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Sicilian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Compare French toupie, English top. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun[edit]

tuppettu m (plural tuppetti)

  1. (games, eastern Sicily) spinning top
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:strùmmula

References[edit]

  • Traina, Antonino (1868) “tuppetta, tuppettu”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 4395