cufuruna

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Sicilian

Alternative forms

Etymology

An alternation of bufuruna, likely from Latin būfō (“toad/turtle (?)”),[2] whence also buffa (“toad”). Derivation from Ancient Greek κυφός (kuphós, “bent forward”)[4] is to be deemed outdated.

Pronunciation

Noun

cufuruna f (plural cufuruni)

  1. turtle,[2][3][5][4] more specifically Hermann's tortoise (Testudo hermanni)[1][6]
    Synonyms: tartuca, tartuca di terra
  • (pathology) a horse's illness, called in Italian as talpa and testudine;[1][6] a sort of abscess, testudo[4]

    • References

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Traina, Antonino (1868) “cufuruna”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 1071
    2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “būfō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 77
    3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 “buforona”, in TLIO – Tesoro della lingua italiana delle origini
    4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Pasqualino (c. 1790) “cufuruna”, in Vocabolario siciliano etimologico, italiano e latino (in Italian), volume 1, page 361
    5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz – map 450: “il ramarro/la tartaruga” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
    6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Mortillaro, Vincenzo (1862) “cufuruna”, in Nuovo vocabolario siciliano-italiano (in Italian), page 228
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