masegna

Venetian

Etymology

From the same root of Italian macigno (“boulder”), with a change of gender.

Noun

masegna f (plural masegne)

boulder, large rock

Further reading

Boerio, Giuseppe (1867) “masegna”, in Dizionario del dialetto veneziano, 3rd edition, Venice: G. Cecchini, page 402

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