cuncutrigghiu

Sicilian

Alternative forms
  • cuncutriddu, cucutrigghiu

Etymology

Inherited from Latin crocodilus. Compare Italian coccodrillo.

Noun

cuncutrigghiu m (plural cuncutrigghi)

  1. crocodile (Crocodylia)
    chiantu di cuncutrigghiu ― crocodile tears

References
  • Traina, Antonino (1868) “cuncutrigghiu”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 1130
  • Pasqualino (c. 1790) “cuncutrigghiu”, in Vocabolario siciliano etimologico, italiano e latino (in Italian), volume 1, page 380
  • Mortillaro, Vincenzo (1862) “cuncutrìgghiu”, in Nuovo vocabolario siciliano-italiano (in Italian), page 246
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