lampuga

Italian

Etymology

Unknown. Compare Sicilian lampuca, Spanish lampuga, Maltese lampuka and Tunisian Arabic لامبكة (lāmbuga, “dolphinfish, Coryphaena hippurus”).[1] Possibly related to Lampedusa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lamˈpu.ɡa/
  • Rhymes: -uɡa
  • Hyphenation: lam‧pù‧ga

Noun

lampuga f (plural lampughe)

  1. common dolphinfish (Coryphaena hippurus)
    Synonym: corifena
  3. Stromateus fiatola
    Synonyms: (regional) fiatola, fieto

References

  1. ^ Guido Bellatti Ceccoli, Franco Pierno (2006) “Talassozoonimi e terminologia dell'attività ittica d'influenza italiana nel dialetto arabo tunisino”, in Romance Philology (in Tunisian Arabic), volume 59, number 2, →JSTOR, page 225

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