batifogo
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Venetian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From bater (“to hit, strike”) + fogo (“fire”). Compare Italian battifuoco, French battefeu.
Noun[edit]
batifògo m (plural batifòghi)
- firestriker
- Synonym: azzalìn
Descendants[edit]
- → Albanian: badifokë
References[edit]
- Boerio, Giuseppe (1867) “batifogo”, in Dizionario del dialetto veneziano, 3rd edition, Venice: G. Cecchini, page 70b