fròngia

Sardinian

Etymology

From Late Latin frondia n pl, a collective noun derived from Classical Latin frondeus (“leafy”). Same source as Old Italian fronza (“leafy branch; green leaf of a wheat plant”), which might have influenced the quality of the stressed vowel[1] (compare Logudorese frunza, with a closed stressed vowel).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈfrɔnd͡ʒa/

Noun

fròngia f (plural fròngias) (Campidanese)

  1. leafy branch
    Synonyms: arrampu, frasca, fustigalla, pimpirinalla, pispisalla, scomu, sida
  2. foliage
    Synonyms: follàggiu, follàmini, follarxu
  3. wrinkle; ruche
    Synonyms: fràngia, ginefra, ìmula, pilindrenga

Derived terms
  • affrongiai
  • sfrongiai

References
  • Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes
  1. Wagner, Max Leopold (1960–1964) “frúndza”, in Dizionario etimologico sardo, Heidelberg
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