curtielo

Istriot

Etymology

From Latin cultellus. Compare Dalmatian cortial, Venetian cortèƚo, Italian coltello, cf. also Aromanian curtelã.

Noun

curtielo m

  1. knife
    • 1877, Antonio Ive, Canti popolari istriani: raccolti a Rovigno, volume 5, Ermanno Loescher, page 68:
      I’ n’iè truvà nè spada, nè curtielo,
      I have found neither sword nor knife,
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