firriolu

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Sicilian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Connected to Spanish herreruelo; the borrowing directions are badly accounted for. Possibly with influence of firriari (to spin).

Noun

firriolu m (plural firriola)

  1. ferraiolo, cape
    Synonym: vintaloru
    cuddaru di lu firrioluneck collar (literally, “collar of the ferraiolo”)
    a lu cògghiri di li firriolaat the end of the day (literally, “at the grasping of the cape (to stand up)”)
    D'un firriolu nni fici un buttuni.
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    (literally, “Out of a ferraiolo he made a button.”)

Descendants

  • ? Italian: ferraiolo
  • Maltese: firjol

References

  • Traina, Antonino (1868) “firriolu”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, pages 1652–1653
  • Pasqualino (c. 1790) “firrijolu”, in Vocabolario siciliano etimologico, italiano e latino (in Italian), volume 2, page 138
  • Mortillaro, Vincenzo (1862) “firriòlo”, in Nuovo vocabolario siciliano-italiano (in Italian), page 378
  • ferraiòlo1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • “ferraiòlo3”, in Grande dizionario della lingua italiana, volume 5 e–fin, UTET, 1968, page 853f.