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lazzu

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Sicilian

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Etymology

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From Vulgar Latin *laceus, from Latin laqueus. Compare Italian laccio.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈlat.tsu/
  • Hyphenation: làz‧zu

Noun

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lazzu m (plural lazza)

  1. lace, string
    lazzu e strùmmulalace and spinning top

Further reading

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  • Traina, Antonino (1868) “lazzu”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, pages 2229–2230