nannu
Maltese edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
nannu m (plural nanniet or nannujiet or nannijiet, feminine nanna)
- grandfather
- Synonym: ġidd
- Used to show respect when addressing old men.
- Alternative form: nann
Inflection edit
Inflected forms | |||
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Personal-pronoun- including forms |
singular | plural | |
m | f | ||
1st person | nannuwi | nannuna | |
2nd person | nannuk | nannukom | |
3rd person | nannuh | nannuha | nannuhom |
Related terms edit
Sicilian edit
Etymology edit
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Noun edit
nannu m (plural nanni, feminine nanna)
- grandfather
- Local folkloric figure personification of Carnival, a dummy resembling a devil that is lit up at the end of the festivities.
- nannu (di) Carnilivari
- mòriri lu nannu ― to burn the nannu
- (colloquial) Term to address old men. grandpa, gramps
Descendants edit
- → Maltese: nannu
References edit
- Traina, Antonino (1868) “nannu”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, pages 2643–2644
- Pasqualino (c. 1790) “nannu”, in Vocabolario siciliano etimologico, italiano e latino (in Italian), volume 3, page 241
- Mortillaro, Vincenzo (1862) “nànnu”, in Nuovo vocabolario siciliano-italiano (in Italian), page 562