pummadoru

Sicilian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Univerbation of pumu (“apple, fruit”) +‎ d' (“of”) +‎ oru (“gold”), literally “golden apple”. Possibly owing to the fact that the first varieties of tomatoes arriving in Europe and spreading from Spain to Italy and North Africa were yellow.[1] Compare Italian pomodoro and Neapolitan pummarola.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˌpum.maˈdɔ.ɾu/ (Standard)
  • IPA(key): /ˌpum.maˈɾɔ.ɾu/ (Rhotacizead)
  • IPA(key): /ˌpum.maˈɾwɔ.ɾu/ (Rhotacizead and diphtongized)
  • Hyphenation: pum‧ma‧dò‧ru

Noun

pummadoru m (plural pummadori or pummadora)

  1. tomato
    sarsa di pummadoru ― tomato sauce
    pasta cû pummadoru
    an Sicilian food typically prepared with pasta, olive oil, fresh tomatoes, basil, and various other fresh ingredients.

Derived terms
  • pummadoru cirasinu
  • pummadureḍḍu
  • nzalata di pummadoru
  • pasta câ sarsa

References
  1. Estabrook, Barry (2012) Tomatoland: How Modern Industrial Agriculture Destroyed Our Most Alluring Fruit‎, page 5
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