majali

Latin

Noun

majālī

1. dative/ablative singular of majālis

Sicilian

Etymology

From Latin maiālis (“uncastrated pig”). Cognate with Italian maiale.

Noun

majali m (plural majali)

1. (castrated) pig

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:porcu

2. (derogatory) pig (fat person)

Descendants

• →? Maltese: majjal

References

• Traina, Antonino (1868) “majali”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 2333
• Pasqualino (c. 1790) “majali”, in Vocabolario siciliano etimologico, italiano e latino (in Italian), volume 3, page 76
• Mortillaro, Vincenzo (1862) “majàli”, in Nuovo vocabolario siciliano-italiano (in Italian), page 505