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Sicilian
Alternative forms
- mijolu (orthographic spelling)
Etymology
Inherited from Latin modiolus (“wheel hub”). Compare French moyeu.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /miˈɔ.lu/,
- Hyphenation: mï‧ò‧lu
Noun
mïolu m (plural mïoli)
- hub (of a wheel)
- yoke (of a bell)
References
- AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz – map 1231: “il mozzo” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
- Traina, Antonino (1868) “miolu”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 2507
- Pasqualino (c. 1790) “mïòlu”, in Vocabolario siciliano etimologico, italiano e latino (in Italian), volume 3, page 169