batifogo

Venetian

Etymology

From bater (“to hit, strike”) +‎ fogo (“fire”). Compare Italian battifuoco, French battefeu.

Noun

batifògo m (plural batifòghi)

1. firestriker

   Synonym: azzalìn

Descendants

• → Albanian: badifokë

References

• Boerio, Giuseppe (1867) “batifogo”, in Dizionario del dialetto veneziano, 3rd edition, Venice: G. Cecchini, page 70b