nasello

Italian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /naˈzɛl.lo/
  • Rhymes: -ɛllo
  • Hyphenation: na‧sèl‧lo

Etymology 1

Possibly from Latin asellus (“young donkey”), with contamination of naso (“nose”).

Noun

nasello m (plural naselli)

  1. hake (Merluccius merluccius)
    Synonyms: merluzzo, lovo
Descendants
  • → Tunisian Arabic: نزلي (nazalli, “hake, Merluccius merluccius”)[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 226

Further reading
  • nasello1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 2

From naso (“nose”) +‎ -ello.

Noun

nasello m (plural naselli)

  1. nib
  2. nosepiece

Further reading
  • nasello2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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