agaun

Dalmatian

Etymology

Compare Italian agone (“shad”) (an augmentative form of ago (“needle”)) and Venetan agon. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

agaun

1. (Vegliot) twaite shad

References

• Ive, A. (1886), “L'antico dialetto di Veglia [The old dialect of Veglia]”, in G. I. Ascoli, editor, Archivio glottologico italiano [Italian linguistic archive], volume 9, Rome: E. Loescher, pages 115–187