strùmmula
Sicilian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Ancient Greek στρόμβος (strómbos, “spinning top”) + -ula (diminutive suffix). Unrelated to Italian strombola (“a sling”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sˈsrummula/, [ʂˈʂ(ɽ)um.mu̞.la]
- Hyphenation: strùm‧mu‧la
Noun
strùmmula f (plural strùmmuli)
- (games, Palermo) spinning top
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:strùmmula
Derived terms
- strummulazza
- strummulicchia
- strummulijari
- strummuliuni
- strummuluna
- strummuluni
- strumuliḍḍa
Related terms
- còcula
- sajitta
- tuppettu
- tuppètturu
See also
- jocu
- jucari
- lapunijata
- lazzata
- lazzu
- picciriḍḍu
- punta di ferru
- spacca-còcula
References
- Traina, Antonino (1868) “strùmmula”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 4110