camiddu

Sicilian

Noun

camiddu m

1. camel
   • 1717, Silverio Sortino, Eneidi‎^[1], translation of Aeneid by Virgil:

     Tira la corda, nzirraghja lu griddu, ¶ E darreri na macchja di ijnestra, ¶ Un Dainu mmazzau, quantu un camiddu.

     He pulls the rope, pulls the trigger, and from behind a clump of brooms, killed a deer, as big as a camel.

   • 1736, Giovanni Crisafi, La vita di nostru signuri Gesù Cristu‎^[2]:

     Tantu lu jmbu un Camiddu assuttigghia, ¶ Chi passa un fundu d’agugghia valenti!

     A camel can thin its hump as to proudly pass through the eye of a needle!

   • 1814, Giovanni Meli, “Favuli murali – Lu Struzzu, l’Aquila ed autri animali.”, in Poesie Siciliane‎^[3]:

     Lu stissu replicaru unitamenti ¶ ’Na Tartuca, un Camiddu, e un Elefanti, ¶ Ch’eranu a stu dïalugu presenti: […]

     Thus unanimously repeated a turtle, a camel, and an elephant, who were present in the discussion: […]