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Sardinian
Etymology
From Late Latin frondia n pl, a collective noun derived from Classical Latin frondeus (“leafy”). Same source as Old Italian fronza (“leafy branch; green leaf of a wheat plant”), which might have influenced the quality of the stressed vowel[1] (compare Logudorese frunza, with a closed stressed vowel).
Pronunciation
Noun
fròngia f (plural fròngias) (Campidanese)
- leafy branch
- Synonyms: arrampu, frasca, fustigalla, pimpirinalla, pispisalla, scomu, sida
- foliage
- Synonyms: follàggiu, follàmini, follarxu
- wrinkle; ruche
- Synonyms: fràngia, ginefra, ìmula, pilindrenga
Derived terms
References
- Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes
- ^ Wagner, Max Leopold (1960–1964) “frúndza”, in Dizionario etimologico sardo, Heidelberg