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Sicilian
Etymology
Borrowed from Catalan [taronja de] Portugal.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /partuˈɡallu/, , , ; ,
- Hyphenation: par‧tu‧gal‧lu
Noun
partugallu m (plural partugalla)
- orange (fruit)
- Synonym: aranciu
References
- Traina, Antonino (1868) “purtugallu”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 3283
- Mortillaro, Vincenzo (1862) “portugallu”, in Nuovo vocabolario siciliano-italiano (in Italian), page 667
- AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz – map 1272: “l'arancia” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it