virrina
Sicilian
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editEtymology
editAkin to Italian verrina, of uncertain origin. Traditionally derived from Ancient Greek πείρω (peírō, “to pierce, run through”).
Noun
editvirrina f (plural virrini)
Derived terms
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editDescendants
edit- → Maltese: berrina
References
edit- Traina, Antonino (1868) “virrina”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 4550
- Pasqualino (c. 1790) “virrina”, in Vocabolario siciliano etimologico, italiano e latino (in Italian), volume 5, page 328
- Mortillaro, Vincenzo (1862) “virrina”, in Nuovo vocabolario siciliano-italiano (in Italian), page 927