fafajana

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Sicilian

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Etymology

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Akin to fava (broad bean). Possibly from its Osco-Umbrian cognate, from Proto-Italic *fafā ~ *fabā. Compare Lucanian Neapolitan fafa, fafodda.

Noun

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fafajana f (plural fafajani)

  1. broad bean pod
    • 1853, Giuseppe Piaggia, Illustrazione di Milazzo e studj sulla morale e su' costumi dei villani del suo territorio[1] (overall work in Italian):
      Tenniri sù sti fafajani.
      These broad bean pods are tender.

References

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  • Traina, Antonino (1868) “fafajana”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 1534
  • Pasqualino (c. 1790) “fafajani”, in Vocabolario siciliano etimologico, italiano e latino (in Italian), volume 2, page 93