firriolu

Sicilian

Alternative forms

• furriolu

Etymology

Connected to Spanish herreruelo; the borrowing directions are badly accounted for. Possibly with influence of firriari (“to spin”).

Noun

firriolu m (plural firriola)

1. ferraiolo, cape

   Synonym: vintaloru

   cuddaru di lu firriolu ― neck collar (literally, “collar of the ferraiolo”)

   a lu cògghiri di li firriola ― at the end of the day (literally, “at the grasping of the cape (to stand up)”)

   D'un firriolu nni fici un buttuni.

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   (literally, “Out of a ferraiolo he made a button.”)

Descendants

• →? Italian: ferraiolo
  • → Spanish: herreruelo
• → Maltese: firjol

References

• Traina, Antonino (1868) “firriolu”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, pages 1652–1653
• Pasqualino (c. 1790) “firrijolu”, in Vocabolario siciliano etimologico, italiano e latino (in Italian), volume 2, page 138
• Mortillaro, Vincenzo (1862) “firriòlo”, in Nuovo vocabolario siciliano-italiano (in Italian), page 378
• ferraiòlo¹ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• Accademia della Crusca (p. 1961), “ferraiolo³”, in Grande dizionario della lingua italiana (in Italian), volume 5, page 853, page 854