pessigolles

Catalan

Etymology

Probably from cossigolles influenced by pessigar (“to pinch”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [pə.siˈɣɔ.ʎəs]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [pe.siˈɣɔ.ʎes]

Noun

pessigolles f pl (plural only)

1. tickles
   • 2002, Albert Sánchez Piñol, chapter 9, in La pell freda, La Campana, →ISBN:

     Però ell no tenia por. Només pessigolles. Va riure. Un riure subaquàtic, sí.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

• fer pessigolles

Further reading

• “pessigolles” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.