maccarrunaru

Sicilian

Etymology

From maccarruni +‎ -aru. Compare Italian maccheronaio.

Noun

maccarrunaru m (plural maccarrunara)

  1. macaroni seller
    calata di li maccarrunara (literally “macaroni sellers' slope”)

References
  • Traina, Antonino (1868) “maccarrunaru”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 2313
  • Mortillaro, Vincenzo (1862) “maccarrunàru”, in Nuovo vocabolario siciliano-italiano (in Italian), page 502
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