armileîna
Istriot
Alternative forms
- armilèina
Etymology
From Latin armeniacum, from Armenia (“Armenia”). Compare Venetan armelin.
Noun
armileîna f
- apricot
- 1877, Antonio Ive, Canti popolari istriani: raccolti a Rovigno, volume 5, Ermanno Loescher, page 128:
- Vuravi deventare un armileîna,
- I would like to become an apricot,