busunettu
Sicilian
Etymology
From busa + -uni + -ettu.
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Noun
busunettu m (plural busunetti)
- (surgery) cautery (device resembling a branding iron, used in surgical contexts)
- ladle (deep-bowled spoon with long handle)
- a rock, longer than a tistetta
References
- Traina, Antonino (1868), “busunettu”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 591
- Pasqualino (c. 1790), “busunettu”, in Vocabolario siciliano etimologico, italiano e latino (in Italian), volume 1, page 220