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Sicilian
Etymology
Inherited from Latin crocodilus. Compare Italian coccodrillo.
Noun
cuncutrigghiu m (plural cuncutrigghi)
- crocodile (Crocodylia)
- chiantu di cuncutrigghiu ― crocodile tears
References
- Traina, Antonino (1868) “cuncutrigghiu”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 1130
- Pasqualino (c. 1790) “cuncutrigghiu”, in Vocabolario siciliano etimologico, italiano e latino (in Italian), volume 1, page 380
- Mortillaro, Vincenzo (1862) “cuncutrìgghiu”, in Nuovo vocabolario siciliano-italiano (in Italian), page 246