paparina

Sicilian

Etymology

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Noun

paparina f (plural paparini)

  1. poppy (Papaver rhoeas or somniferum)
    paparina curnuta ― horned poppy (Glaucium flavum)
  2. (hunting, uncountable) Synonym of chiummu (“birdshots”)

References
  • Traina, Antonino (1868), “paparina”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, pages 2916–2917
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