ghiruni

Sicilian

Alternative forms

• jiruni, iruni
• giruni, giriuni

Etymology

Compare Italian gherone.

Noun

ghiruni m

1. gusset (cloth)

Derived terms

• ghiruneddu
• ghiruni suttanu

Descendants

• → Maltese: ġurun

References

• Traina, Antonino (1868) “ghiruni”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 1835
• Mortillaro, Vincenzo (1862) “ghiruni”, in Nuovo vocabolario siciliano-italiano (in Italian), page 422