buccinu

Sicilian

Etymology

Compare Italian boccino.

Noun

buccinu m (plural buccini)

1. jack (in bowls)
2. (games, Corleone) spinning top

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:strùmmula

References

• Traina, Antonino (1868) “buccinu”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 572