Sicilian: Attia lupu

[Asthenia182]

I don't know if it's italian or latin...But what does "Attia lupu" mean? Someones knows?

 

[arthurlee]

Neither of them. Probably dialect (calabrese, as far as I can see by googling it)... don't ask me what it means though!

 

[infinite sadness]

Siciliano.

 

[elena73]

I've had a look in dialect dictionaries: in Sicily ATTIA could mean water, in Basilicata ''Attia Lupu'' ''Hey you, wolf!''.
But I'm not from those areas....
Asthenia, you should first tell us where you did hear that...

 

[Necsus]

I've found it as a greeting in Calabrian dialect, it is more often written 'a tia lupu'.
There is also a Calabrian saying: 'A tia lupu, raccumannu 'i piecuri (A te lupo, raccomando le pecore).

 

[arthurlee]

@ infinite: e vorrebbe dire...?

Comunque ho detto calabrese perché su questa pagina facebook (primo risultato di Google, peraltro) descrivono così il gruppo ATTIA LUPU: "Quelli che: per essere calabrese devi dire ATTIA LUPU". Pensavo fosse un modo di dire esclusivo di quella regione.

 

[infinite sadness]

Anche in Siciliano "attia" is "hey", so "attia lupu" is "Hey wolf!"

Per lupo in genere si intende un womanizer.

 

[elena73]

Anche in Siciliano "attia" is "hey", so "attia lupu" is "Hey wolf!"

Per lupo in genere si intende un womanizer.

Ma intendi womanizer tipo persona maschilista o womanizer tipo 'Don Giovanni'?

 

[infinite sadness]

Don Giovanni

 

[elena73]

Don Giovanni

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