granciu

== Sicilian == === Alternative forms === granc' (apocopated form) garanciu (diaeretic spelling) agranciu (diaeretic spelling) granchiu (Italianization) === Etymology === Possibly somehow influenced by an Occitan and/or Norman stratum. Ultimately from Latin cancer, cancrum (“crab”). Undergone a metathetical sonorization from ⟨kVnkrV⟩ to ⟨grVnkV⟩, like Italian granchio; then followed by the palatalization of the ultima. Compare also the other Romance (and Iberic) cognates Catalan cranc/carranc, Occitan cranc, Galician cáncaro, (cángaro, cancro, cangrio), French chancre, Spanish cangrejo, Portuguese carango, Venetan cancaro. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /(ə)ˈɾan.t͡ʃu/, [aˈɾan.t͡ʃʊ], [ˈɣɾan-], [ɣəˈɾan-] Rhymes: -ant͡ʃu Hyphenation: gràn‧ciu Homophones: aranciu, agranciu, garanciu === Noun === granciu m (plural granci) crab (Brachyura) Dormi pateḍḍa, ca lu granciu vigghia! ― Sleep, limpet, while the crab stays awake! ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Maltese: granċ → Tunisian Arabic: قرنجو (granju, “Carcinus aestuarii”) as a loan surname: Italian: Arancio, Arangio === See also === === References === === Further reading === Traina, Antonino (1868), “granciu”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, pages 1885–1886