curveddu

Sicilian

Alternative forms

• curbeddu

Etymology

From corvu (“crow”) +‎ -eddu, because of its dark colour. Compare Italian corvello.

Noun

curveddu m (plural curveddi) (especially Messina)

1. shi drum (Umbrina cirrosa)

Descendants

• → Maltese: gurbell

Further reading

• Traina, Antonino (1868) “curveddu”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 4737