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Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Neapolitan. By surface analysis, figlio (“son”) + -anda. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fiʎˈʎan.da/
- Rhymes: -anda
- Hyphenation: fi‧gliàn‧da
Noun
figlianda f (plural figliande) (dialectal, southern Italy)
- lambing season[1][2]
- (by extension) childbirth[2]
1676, (Please provide the book title or journal name), page 171:[…] subito partorì un figlio maschio senza dolori, e nell'altre figliande sempre havea havuto la figlianda con travagli, e dolori grandi, […]- She immediately gave birth to a son without any pain, and in the other deliveries she had always given birth with suffering, and great pain.
References
- ^ “Industrie agrarie di Capitanata”, in manganofoggia.it (in Italian), (Can we date this quote?), archived from the original on 31 October 2022: “FIGLIANDA: periodo in cui le pecore iniziano a partorire (da ottobre a dicembre) ― FIGLIANDA: period in which sheep start giving birth (from October to December)”
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 “Amedeo Fusco presenta Ronualdo Parente, LA FIJANNA DI MARIELLA”, in youtube.com (in Italian), 2022 July 16: “La fijanna è un termine proprio del mondo pastorale, e indica il parto delle pecore. Ovviamente, per estensione, indica anche il parto delle donne. ― The fijanna is a term typical of the pastoral world, and it refers to the sheep's act of giving birth. Obviously, by extension, it also refers to women's childbirth.”