nottàmmulu

Sicilian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin noctu ambulans, reanalyzed as containing -ulus. Compare Italian nottambulo.

Noun

nottàmmulu m (plural nottàmmuli, feminine nottàmmula)

1. sleepwalker

References

• Pasqualino (c. 1790) “nottammulu”, in Vocabolario siciliano etimologico, italiano e latino (in Italian), volume 3, page 330