mòccaru
Sicilian
Etymology
Ultimately related to Latin mūcus. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).
Noun
mòccaru m (uncountable)
- Synonym of morvu: snot
References
- Traina, Antonino (1868), “mòccaru, moccu”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 2542
- Pasqualino (c. 1790), “mòccaru”, in Vocabolario siciliano etimologico, italiano e latino (in Italian), volume 3, page 185
- AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 169: “il moccio” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it