חמור 'donkey' also signifies 'a fool' in Ladino. בהמה 'animal' signifies an ill-mannered person, as in the expression "beema en forma de benadam" 'an animal in the shape of a man'.
"Kulevro pintado" is 'an evil person who means malicious things' where kulevro is a snake.
Ora
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חזיר 'pig' refers to an evil, repugnant person in Ladino.
Shabbat Shalom and Hag Purim SameaH.
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hamor di Bil‘am
‘doppiamente ignorante’ - ignorant twice - Livorno
חמור גולם ‘ignorante al massimo grado’- Ferrara
hamor hamoradai three times ignorant - Piemonte
and more
the same is true for hazir, haziroso, hazirud... chelev, kelav... (also as a surname of Mussolini)
and about Purim:
Ti venga la maccà e ti duri sino a Hanuccà; da Hanuccà a Purim [ti vengano] i holaim
(Livorno).- a maccà should come upon you till Hannukka - and between Hanukka and Purim should come upon you the holaim
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ב-22 במרץ 2024, בשעה 12:46, Claudia Rosenzweig <ck.z...@gmail.com> כתב/ה:
In the dictionary by Maria Luisa Mayer Modena there are a lot of expressions:for ex.
hamor di Bil‘am ‘doppiamente ignorante’ - ignorant twice - Livorno
חמור גולם ‘ignorante al massimo grado’- Ferrara
hamor hamoradai three times ignorant - Piemonte
and more
the same is true for hazir, haziroso, hazirud... chelev, kelav... (also as a surname of Mussolini)
and about Purim:
Ti venga la maccà e ti duri sino a Hanuccà; da Hanuccà a Purim [ti vengano] i holaim (Livorno).- a maccà should come upon you till Hannukka - and between Hanukka and Purim should come upon you the holaim
Il giorno ven 22 mar 2024 alle ore 10:13 Ora Schwarzwald <Ora.Sch...@biu.ac.il> ha scritto:
חזיר 'pig' refers to an evil, repugnant person in Ladino.
Shabbat Shalom and Hag Purim SameaH.
Ora
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