busunettu

Sicilian

Etymology

From busa +‎ -uni +‎ -ettu.

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Noun

busunettu m (plural busunetti)

  1. (surgery) cautery (device resembling a branding iron, used in surgical contexts)
  2. ladle (deep-bowled spoon with long handle)
  3. a rock, longer than a tistetta

References
  • Traina, Antonino (1868) “busunettu”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 591
  • Pasqualino (c. 1790) “busunettu”, in Vocabolario siciliano etimologico, italiano e latino (in Italian), volume 1, page 220
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