mòccaru

Sicilian

Etymology

Ultimately related to Latin mūcus. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).

Noun

mòccaru m (uncountable)

  1. Synonym of morvu: snot

References
  • Traina, Antonino (1868) “mòccaru, moccu”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 2542
  • Pasqualino (c. 1790) “mòccaru”, in Vocabolario siciliano etimologico, italiano e latino (in Italian), volume 3, page 185
  • AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 169: “il moccio” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
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