cunocchia

Sicilian

Alternative forms

• cunoccia (palatalized)

Etymology

From the metathesis of the vowels of Late Latin conucula, by dissimilation from colucula, diminutive of Latin colus (“distaff”). Compare Italian conocchia.

Noun

cunocchia f (plural cunocchi)

1. (weaving) distaff

   Synonyms: rocca, spagnuletta

2. hub (of a wheel)

   cunocchia di la rota ― wheel hub

3. (botany) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Derived terms

• ncunucchiari
• ncunucchiatu

 

Related terms

• agugghia
• cammisa
• causi
• cùsiri
• jitali
• màchina di cùsiri
• nchimari
• robbi
• spiḍḍa

 

References

• Traina, Antonino (1868) “cunocchia”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, pages 1147–1148
• Pasqualino (c. 1790) “cunocchia”, in Vocabolario siciliano etimologico, italiano e latino (in Italian), volume 1, page 385
• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1502: “la rocca, la conocchia” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it