manduleîna
Istriot
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom a diminutive of Vulgar Latin *amandula, from Latin amygdala, from Ancient Greek ἀμυγδάλη (amugdálē). Compare Italian mandorla, Friulian mandule.
Noun
editmanduleîna f
- almond
- 1877, Antonio Ive, Canti popolari istriani: raccolti a Rovigno, volume 5, Ermanno Loescher, page 29:
- Ti son la manduleîna inzucherada.
- You are the sugared almond.