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PIPIA | PIPPIA

Pipia has Sardinian strains in Sassari and Cagliari and Sicilians in Palermo and Agrigento, the Sardinian lineage could derive from the Sardinian term pipia (small, pupa) as well as Pippia which is instead much more widespread in Sardinia, the Sicilian stock probably has similar origins although it could instead derive from the Lombard name Pipia. additions provided by Giuseppe Concas PIPIA; PIPPIA: they have identical etymology and semantic value. They derive from the Latin pupa, meaning baby, girl, or even doll. Pup (p) ìa in Logudorese, pip (p) ìa in Campidanese. The masculine is pupus and therefore gives pup (p) ìu in log. pip (p) ìu in camp. To indicate the pupil of the eye it is commonly said "sa pippìa de s'ogu" in camp. is

Bibliographic source' "L'origine dei cognomi Italianim storia ed etimologia" di E. Rossoni disponibile online su: https://archive.org/


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