paparina
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Sicilian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Contraction of *papavarina, inherited from Latin papāver (“poppy”) + -ina.[1] Compare Greek παπαρούνα (paparoúna).
Noun[edit]
paparina f (plural paparini)
- poppy (Papaver rhoeas or somniferum)
- paparina curnuta ― horned poppy (Glaucium flavum)
- (hunting, uncountable) Synonym of chiummu (“birdshots”)
References[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- Traina, Antonino (1868) “paparina”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, pages 2916–2917