tracoḍḍu

Sicilian

Etymology

Unknown. Possibly from Latin trāns (“through”) + collem (“hill”). Compare Italian tramonto.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʈɽaˈkɔɖ.ɖu/, [ʈɽaˈkɔɖ.ɖʊ]
  • Hyphenation: tra‧cò‧ḍḍu

Noun

tracoḍḍu m (plural tracoḍḍi)

  1. sunset
    Veni a vìdiri u tracoḍḍu prima ca u suli scunchi.
    Come to see the sunset just before the sun is going to fade.

Derived terms

  • tracuḍḍari
  • tracuḍḍata
  • tracuḍḍatu

See also

References

  • Traina, Antonino (1868), “tracoḍḍu”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 4323
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