virruggiu

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Sicilian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Akin to virrina. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun[edit]

virruggiu m (plural virruggi)

  1. large auger, gimlet (especially winemaking)
    Near-synonyms: tràpanu, virrina

References[edit]

  • AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 229: “la menarola” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
  • Traina, Antonino (1868) “virruggiu”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 4551
  • Pasqualino (c. 1790) “virruggiu”, in Vocabolario siciliano etimologico, italiano e latino (in Italian), volume 5, pages 328–329
  • Mortillaro, Vincenzo (1862) “virruggiu”, in Nuovo vocabolario siciliano-italiano (in Italian), page 927
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