Sicilian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Byzantine Greek κυνοπόταμος (kunopótamos, beaver).

Noun

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zinnapòtamu m needs inflection

  1. (southern Calabria) otter (Lutra lutra)
    Synonym: itria

References

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  • AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 440: “la lontra” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it