partugallu

Sicilian

Alternative forms

  • portugallu, purtugallu, portogallu
  • partuallu, pattuallu (alternative spellings)

Etymology

Borrowed from Catalan [taronja de] Portugal.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /partuˈɡallu/, [-tuˈa-], [-tuˈɣa-], [-ˈtwa-]; [paɾt-], [patt-]
  • Hyphenation: par‧tu‧gal‧lu

Noun

partugallu m (plural partugalla)

  1. 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 [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1272: “l'arancia” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
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