miolu

Sicilian

Alternative forms

• mijolu (orthographic spelling)

Etymology

Inherited from Latin modiolus (“wheel hub”). Compare French moyeu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miˈɔ.lu/, [mi̞ˈjɔːlu̞]
• Hyphenation: mï‧ò‧lu

Noun

mïolu m (plural mïoli)

1. hub (of a wheel)
2. yoke (of a bell)

References

• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1231: “il mozzo” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
• Traina, Antonino (1868) “miolu”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 2507
• Pasqualino (c. 1790) “mïòlu”, in Vocabolario siciliano etimologico, italiano e latino (in Italian), volume 3, page 169