ragogghia
Sicilian
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Spanish argolla (“ring”), from Arabic غُلّ (ḡull).
Noun
editragogghia f (plural ragogghi)
- ring. Particularly:
- (croquet) hoop, wicket
- Short for bocci e ragogghia (“croquet”).
- a ring in a whippletree system
- piece of metal placed in a horse's mouth to keep his mouth open to give it medication
References
edit- Traina, Antonino (1868) “ravogghia”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, pages 3364–3365
- Pasqualino (c. 1790) “ragogghia”, in Vocabolario siciliano etimologico, italiano e latino (in Italian), volume 4, page 220
- Mortillaro, Vincenzo (1862) “ravògghia”, in Nuovo vocabolario siciliano-italiano (in Italian), page 708