granciu

Sicilian

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin cancer, cancrum (“crab”). Cognate with Italian granchio.

Noun

granciu m (plural granci)

  1. crab (Brachyura)
    Dormi patedda, ca lu granciu vigghia! ― Sleep, limpet, while the crab stays awake!

Descendants
  • → Maltese: granċ
  • → Tunisian Arabic: قرنجو (granju, “Carcinus aestuarii”)[1]

References
  1. Guido Bellatti Ceccoli, Franco Pierno (2006) “Talassozoonimi e terminologia dell'attività ittica d'influenza italiana nel dialetto arabo tunisino”, in Romance Philology (in Tunisian Arabic), volume 59, number 2, →JSTOR, page 225

Further reading
  • Traina, Antonino (1868) “granciu”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, pages 1885–1886
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