matassaru

Sicilian

Etymology

From matassa +‎ -aru.

Noun

matassaru m (plural matassari)

1. (weaving) reel

References

• Traina, Antonino (1868) “matassaru”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, pages 2435–2436
• Pasqualino (c. 1790) “matassaru”, in Vocabolario siciliano etimologico, italiano e latino (in Italian), volume 3, page 127
• Cotronei, Raffaele (1895) “matassaru”, in Vocabolario calabro-italiano [Calabrian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), page 72
• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1504: “l'aspo” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it