sputazza
Sicilian
Etymology
From Latin spūtum + -azza.
Noun
sputazza f (uncountable)
- spit, saliva
References
- Traina, Antonino (1868), “sputazza”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 4020
- Pasqualino (c. 1790), “sputazza”, in Vocabolario siciliano etimologico, italiano e latino (in Italian), volume 5, page 99
- AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 172: “lo sputo” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it