fusaglia

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Italian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Unknown.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (Romanesco) [fuˈsajja]

Noun

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fusaglia f (plural fusaglie)

  1. (Rome, usually in the plural) lupin bean
    Synonym: lupino
    • 1886, G. G. Belli, “Mosconi regazzi”, in Sonetti Romaneschi, lines 10–11:
      Poteva, pe ccristo, / Stà a vvenne le fusajje a ccasa sua.
      He could have, for Christ's sake, sold lupins from his house.

Further reading

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  • AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1383: “i lupini” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it