carrughju
Corsican
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Ligurian caróggio, from Vulgar Latin *quadruvium, for Classical Latin quadrivium (“crossroads”), from quattuor (“four”) + via (“road”). Compare Italian carruggio and Sicilian carruggiu.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcarrughju m (plural carrughji)
- street, alley (in a town)
- Synonym: stretta f
- 1984, A Filetta (lyrics and music), “U ventu scemu è a vechja serena”, in Cun tè:
- Una tinta vichjarella // si n'andava dirinata, // u vintacciu scaccanendu // in carrughju l'hà lampata...
- An unlucky worn out old lady was walking, the bad wind threw her on the street laughing...
Further reading
edit- “carrughju” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa