gnòcculu

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Sicilian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Compare Italian gnocco, with -ulu.

Noun[edit]

gnòcculu m (plural gnòcculi)

  1. (chiefly in the plural) gnocchi (type of pasta)
  2. a coarse, fat person; a boor
  3. (in the plural) boiled favas
  4. Synonym of bùcculu (“curl, ringlet”)
    In full: gnòcculu di capiddi

Descendants[edit]

  • → Maltese: nokkla

References[edit]

  • Pasqualino (c. 1790) “gnòcculu”, in Vocabolario siciliano etimologico, italiano e latino (in Italian), volume 2, page 237
  • Mortillaro, Vincenzo (1862) “gnòcculu”, in Nuovo vocabolario siciliano-italiano (in Italian), page 427
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