pèttini

Sicilian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin pecten, pectinem. Compare Italian pettine.

Noun

pèttini m (plural pèttini)

1. comb (for hair)

   pèttini di lìnnini ― lice comb

   Ogni nodu veni ô pèttini.

   All chickens come home to roost.

   (literally, “Every knot comes to the comb.”)

2. (weaving) comb

References

• Traina, Antonino (1868) “pèttini”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 3024
• Pasqualino (c. 1790) “pèttini”, in Vocabolario siciliano etimologico, italiano e latino (in Italian), volume 4, page 83