conocchia

Italian

Etymology

From Early Medieval Latin conucla, conucula, colucula, from Latin colus (“distaff”). Compare Sicilian ncunucchiari and scunucchiari.

Noun

conocchia f (plural conocchie)

  1. distaff (for spinning yarn)

Derived terms

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