taḍḍarita

Sicilian

Alternative forms
  • taḍḍarica
  • tutturiḍḍa

Etymology

From an earlier Vulgar Latin *tallarita, from the metathesis of λαχταρίδα (lachtarída), possibly through νυχτερίδα (nukhterída), from νυκτερίς (nukterís).

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Sicilian) IPA(key): /ˌtaɖ.ɖaˈɾi.ta/
  • Hyphenation: tad‧da‧rì‧ta

Noun

taḍḍarita f (plural taḍḍariti)

  1. A bat
  2. Any of the flying mammals of the order Chiroptera, usually small and nocturnal, insectivorous or frugivorous.
  3. (by association) A bowtie
  • auceḍḍu
  • furficicchiu
  • palummeḍḍa
  • scurpiuni
  • scursuni

Descendants
  • → Italian: Tallarita
  • → Translingual: Tadarida
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