curtielo

Istriot

Etymology

From Latin cultellus. Compare Dalmatian cortial, Venetan cortèƚo, Italian coltello, cf. also Aromanian curtelã.

Noun

curtielo m

1. knife
   • 1877, Antonio Ive, Canti popolari istriani: raccolti a Rovigno, volume 5, Ermanno Loescher, page 68:

     I’ n’iè truvà nè spada, nè curtielo,

     I have found neither sword nor knife,