zinnapòtamu
Sicilian
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Byzantine Greek κυνοπόταμος (kunopótamos, “beaver”).
Noun
editzinnapòtamu m needs inflection
- (southern Calabria) otter (Lutra lutra)
- Synonym: itria
References
edit- AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 440: “la lontra” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it