ranòcia

Romagnol

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *rānŭcŭla (“small frog”), diminutive from Latin rāna (“frog”).

Pronunciation

• (Central Romagnol): IPA^(key): [ɾɐˈnɔciɐ]

Noun

ranòcia f (plural ranòcc)

1. frog

   Synonym: ranòcc

References

• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 453: “la rana” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
• Masotti, Adelmo (1996) Vocabolario Romagnolo Italiano [Romagnol-Italian dictionary] (in Italian), Bologna: Zanichelli, page 492