corda

From Latin chorda (“cord”), from Ancient Greek χορδή (khordḗ, “string of gut, the string of a lyre”).

der

(sports) string (of a tennis racquet, etc)


manu

From Latin manus (“hand”). Compare ficu for a similar gender morphology.

That which is, or may be, held in a hand at once.

(card games) The set of cards held by a player.


nanna

→ Maltese: nanna

Compare Italian nonna, Latin nonna, Ancient Greek νίννη (nínnē), English nanna.

(croquet) when the bowl goes through the hoop from the reverse side


boccia

→ Maltese: boċċa

bocci e ragogghia (literally “bowls and hoop”)


chiavi

→ Maltese: ċavi, ⇒ ċavu

From Latin clāvis, clāvem (“key”). Cognate with Italian chiave.

(equestrianism) metal ring the reins go through


fucili

From Vulgar Latin *focīlis (petra), from Latin focus, or possibly from Spanish fusil. Compare Italian fucile, French fusil.


riggina

Borrowed from Italian regina, itself borrowed from Latin rēgīna. The alternative form above shows the expected (native) Sicilian outcome.


scupa

From Latin scōpa. Compare Italian scopa (“broom”).

a card game also known by its Italian name: scopa


cavaddu

From Late Latin caballus (“horse”), from Latin caballus (“pack horse”).


fìmmina

→ Italian: fèmmina

From Latin fēmina, from Proto-Italic *fēmanā, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁m̥h₁néh₂ (“(the one) nursing, breastfeeding”), the feminine mediopassive participle of *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suck, suckle”). Cognate with Portuguese fêmea, Italian femmina, Spanish hembra, French femme.

inh

Sicilian playing cards
Sicilian playing cards

(card games) queen of the Sicilian playing cards


chiummu

→ Maltese: ċomb

Inherited from Latin plumbum (“lead”). Compare Italian piombo and Neapolitan chiummo.

acchiummari

to plumb, to use a plumb bob as an aligning tool


vucceri

→ Maltese: biċċier

Borrowed from Old French bouchier, from bouc + -ier; compare English butcher.


cànnavu

From Late Latin cannabum (or cānabum), from Latin cannabis, from Ancient Greek κάνναβις (kánnabis); see there for more. Doublet of cannabis. Compare Italian canapa and English canvas.

Cannabis sativa
Cannabis sativa#Translingual

(collective) the fibers of the hemp plant


cànnava

From Late Latin cannaba (or cānaba), from Latin cannabis, from Ancient Greek κάνναβις (kánnabis); see there for more. Doublet of cannabis. Compare Italian canapa and English canvas.


cucchia

From Vulgar Latin *cōpla, from Latin cōpula. Compare Italian coppia.


strùmmula

From Ancient Greek στρόμβος (strómbos, “spinning top”) + -ula (diminutive suffix). Unrelated to Italian strombola (“a sling”).

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grc:στρόμβος


buleu

Uncertain. Likely akin to Italian paleo (“a kind of spinning top”). The voiced b- and pre-tonic -u- could be due to influence of Spanish bolear (“to make into balls”).


tòrtula

Compare Italian trottola, with metathesis.


valanza

From a Vulgar Latin variant of Latin bilanx. Compare Italian bilancia.


paparina

Contraction of *papavarina, inherited from Latin papāver (“poppy”) + -ina. Compare Greek παπαρούνα (paparoúna).

(hunting, uncountable) Synonym of chiummu (“birdshots”)


campanaru

→ Maltese: kampnar

From campana (“bell”) + -aru. Compare Spanish campanario, Greek καμπαναριό (kampanarió, “bell tower”) and Italian campanaro, Spanish campanero (“bell ringer”).


ragogghia

From Spanish argolla (“ring”), from Arabic غُلّ (ḡull).

ring. Particularly:
(croquet) hoop, wicket


baḍḍa

→ Italian: badda (regional)

Possibly from Medieval Latin balla, ultimately from Frankish *ball, from Proto-Germanic *balluz.

palla

desonorized, dialectal Italianate variants

(sports) ball (object used for playing games)


brìscula

Unknown. Cfr. vrisca. Compare French brisque, Italian briscola, Portuguese bisca, Serbo-Croatian briškula.