fusaglia

Italian

Alternative forms

• fusaia

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Romanesco) [fuˈsajja]

Noun

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

• 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