strùmmula
Sicilian
lazzu e strùmmula
Alternative forms
- strùmmulu
Etymology
Ancient Greek στρομβός (strombós, “spinning top”) + -ula (diminutive suffix). Unrelated to Italian strombola (“a sling”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʂˈʂɽum.mʊ.la/
- Hyphenation: strùm‧mu‧la
Noun
strùmmula f (plural strùmmuli)
- (games) spinning top characteristic of Sicily, Calabria, Apulia and their environs, with a metal tip, spun with a lace (lazzu), in a game that traditionally had the scope of breaking the opponent's spinning top.
- Synonyms: pirìu, tuppettu, buccinu, tortula
Derived terms
- strummulazza
- strummuliari
- strummulicchia
- strummuliuni
- strummuluna
- strummuluni
- strumuliḍḍa
References
- Traina, Antonino (1868) Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 4110