rasteddu

Sicilian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin rastellus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rrastˈɛɖɖu/, [-ʃt-]

Noun

rasteddu m (plural rasteddi)

1. rake (garden tool)

   Synonym: ràstula

2. fence, palisade
3. gate

   Synonym: cancellu

4. (shoemaking) A wooden tool where shoes are attached.
5. hayrack on a manger

   Synonym: rastiddera

6. weapons rack

   Synonym: rastiddera

7. poker, firestick

   Synonyms: furcuni, mircignanu

Derived terms

• arrastiddari
• rastiddata
• rastiddera

 

Descendants

• → Maltese: rixtellu

References

• Traina, Antonino (1868) “rasteddu”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 3360
• Mortillaro, Vincenzo (1862) “rastèddu”, in Nuovo vocabolario siciliano-italiano (in Italian), page 708
• Pasqualino (c. 1790) “rasteddu”, in Vocabolario siciliano etimologico, italiano e latino (in Italian), volume 4, page 230
• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1141: “il rastrello” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it