partugallu

Sicilian

Alternative forms

• portugallu, purtugallu, portogallu
• partuallu, pattuallu (alternative spellings)

Etymology

Borrowed from Catalan [taronja de] Portugal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /partuˈɡallu/, [-tuˈa-], [-tuˈɣa-], [-ˈtwa-]; [paɾt-], [patt-]
• Hyphenation: par‧tu‧gal‧lu

Noun

partugallu m (plural partugalla)

1. orange (fruit)

   Synonym: aranciu

References

• Traina, Antonino (1868) “purtugallu”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 3283
• Mortillaro, Vincenzo (1862) “portugallu”, in Nuovo vocabolario siciliano-italiano (in Italian), page 667
• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1272: “l'arancia” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it