pèttini

Sicilian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin pecten, pectinem. Compare Italian pettine.

Noun

pèttini m (plural pèttini)

  1. comb (for hair)
    pèttini di lìnnini ― lice comb
    Ogni nodu veni ô pèttini.
    All chickens come home to roost.
    (literally, “Every knot comes to the comb.”)
  2. (weaving) comb

References
  • Traina, Antonino (1868) “pèttini”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 3024
  • Pasqualino (c. 1790) “pèttini”, in Vocabolario siciliano etimologico, italiano e latino (in Italian), volume 4, page 83
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