palataru

Sicilian

Alternative forms
  • balataru

Etymology

First attested in 1348. Ultimately from Vulgar Latin *palātārem, derived from Latin palātum. Borrowed via either Catalan or Spanish paladar,[1][2] as was Sardinian paladare as well.

Noun

palataru m (plural palatara)

  1. palate (roof of the mouth)
    Synonym: palatu
    A cu àvi guastu lu palataru lu meli cci pari amaru.
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    (literally, “For who has a bad palate honey tastes bitter.”)
    • a. 1368, De Cruyllis–Spatafora, Libru di la Mascalchia […]‎, translation of De Medicina equorum by Giordano Ruffo:
      È una altra maynera di frenu lu quali è dictu a capistru: àvi lu morsu plui longu di li altri, fini a lu palataru di lu cavallu, e dintru a la bucca spandi in lu morsu multi falci diversi […]
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References
  • Traina, Antonino (1868), “palataru”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 2884
  • Pasqualino (c. 1790), “palataru”, in Vocabolario siciliano etimologico, italiano e latino (in Italian), volume 4, page 9
  • Mortillaro, Vincenzo (1862), “palatàru”, in Nuovo vocabolario siciliano-italiano (in Italian), page 617
  • “palataru”, in TLIO – Tesoro della lingua italiana delle origini
  1. Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1985), “paladar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volume IV (Me–Re), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 346
  2. Wagner, Max Leopold (1960–1964), “paláđu”, in Dizionario etimologico sardo, Heidelberg
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