alciuni

Sicilian

Etymology

From Latin alcyōn, from Ancient Greek ἀλκυών (alkuṓn, “kingfisher”). Compare Italian alcione (“kingfisher, seagull”).

Noun

alciuni m (plural alciuni)

1. kingfisher (Alcedo)
2. seagull (Larinae)

   Synonym: abbia

References

• Traina, Antonino (1868) “alciuni”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 182
• Pasqualino (c. 1790) “alciuni”, in Vocabolario siciliano etimologico, italiano e latino (in Italian), volume 1, page 70
• Mortillaro, Vincenzo (1862) “alciuni”, in Nuovo vocabolario siciliano-italiano (in Italian), page 48