majali
Latin
Noun
majālī
- dative/ablative singular of majālis
Sicilian
Etymology
From Latin maiālis (“uncastrated pig”). Cognate with Italian maiale.
Noun
majali m (plural majali)
- (castrated) pig
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:porcu
- (derogatory) pig (fat person)
Descendants
- →? Maltese: majjal
References
- Traina, Antonino (1868), “majali”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 2333
- Pasqualino (c. 1790), “majali”, in Vocabolario siciliano etimologico, italiano e latino (in Italian), volume 3, page 76
- Mortillaro, Vincenzo (1862), “majàli”, in Nuovo vocabolario siciliano-italiano (in Italian), page 505