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Sicilian
Etymology
From Late Latin lendina, ultimately from Latin lendis f. Compare Italian lendine m.
Noun
lìnnina f (plural lìnnini)
- nit (egg of a louse)
References
- AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz – map 476: “i lendini” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
- Traina, Antonino (1868) “lìnnina”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 2267