fassulito
Istriot edit
Etymology edit
Diminutive derived from Vulgar Latin *faciolum, from Latin facies (“face”). Compare Italian fazzoletto, Venetian fasołeto, Friulian façolet, Romansch fazielet, fazalet, Sicilian fazzulettu.
Noun edit
fassulito
- handkerchief
- 1877, Antonio Ive, Canti popolari istriani: raccolti a Rovigno, volume 5, Ermanno Loescher, page 128:
- Ch’in tu’l su’ fassulito el me metasse.
- That into his handkerchief he would put me.