miduḍḍa

Sicilian

Alternative forms

  • midudda (Eye dialect)
  • miruḍḍa, muruḍḍa (dialectal, rhoticized and/or u-coloured)

Etymology

From Latin medulla. Compare Catalan moll, Spanish meollo, Portuguese miolo, Italian midollo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /miˈdu.ɖɖa/, [mɪˈdu.ɖːa], [mɪˈɾu.ɖːa]
  • Hyphenation: mi‧dù‧ḍḍa

Noun

miduḍḍa f (plural miduḍḍi)

  1. (anatomy) marrow
  2. (anatomy, rare) brain

Derived terms

  • Miduḍḍa
  • smiduḍḍatu
  • smiduḍḍijatu
  • smiduḍḍijàrisi

Descendants

  • Italian: Midulla, Merolla

References

  • Antonio Traina (1868), Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano‎[1] (in Italian), page 2485
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