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Sicilian
Etymology
From Koine Greek ἀνέμη (anémē, “weasel”) + -ulu.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈnimulu/
- Hyphenation: a‧nì‧mu‧lu
Noun
anìmulu m (plural anìmuli)
- (spinning) swift (wooden tool spun to stretch a skein of yarn)
jiri comu n'anìmulu- to keep moving around, go everywhere
- (literally, “to spin like a swift”)
1785 – 1787,
Giovanni Meli,
Don Chisciotti e Sanciu Panza 7.29:
- […] e la testa cci gira, comu animulu.
- and his head was spinning like a swift.
- chatterbox (talkative person)
- Synonyms: ciàula, carcarazza
References
- AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz – map 1507: “l'arcolaio, il guindolo” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
- Traina, Antonino (1868) “anìmulu”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 265
- Pasqualino (c. 1790) “animulu”, in Vocabolario siciliano etimologico, italiano e latino (in Italian), volume 1, pages 102–103