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Sicilian
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *laceus, from Latin laqueus. Compare Italian laccio.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlat.tsu/
- Hyphenation: làz‧zu
Noun
lazzu m (plural lazza)
- lace, string
- lazzu e strùmmula ― lace and spinning top
Further reading
- Traina, Antonino (1868) “lazzu”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, pages 2229–2230