majali

Latin

Noun

majālī

  1. dative/ablative singular of majālis

Sicilian

Etymology

From Latin maiālis (“uncastrated pig”). Cognate with Italian maiale.

Noun

majali m (plural majali)

  1. (castrated) pig
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:porcu
  2. (derogatory) pig (fat person)

Descendants
  • →? Maltese: majjal

References
  • Traina, Antonino (1868) “majali”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 2333
  • Pasqualino (c. 1790) “majali”, in Vocabolario siciliano etimologico, italiano e latino (in Italian), volume 3, page 76
  • Mortillaro, Vincenzo (1862) “majàli”, in Nuovo vocabolario siciliano-italiano (in Italian), page 505
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