Thirty-five is l'auciello, the bird, usually the small one — Italian lists translate it l'uccellino.
Neapolitan Wikipedia prints the plural, l'aucelluzze, the little birds. The two versions are on the same square in two different reference lists, and there is no arbiter.
- 35
- L'auciello
- the little bird
- Row 31–40 of the tabellone
Where the figure comes from
Unrecorded. The bird carries a second, obvious sense in Italian slang, and some lists lean on it; nothing in print says the board intends it.
Other things filed on 35
In Neapolitan life
Sicily puts l'acidduzzu, its own little bird, at 36 rather than 35. A one-square offset between two boards is the commonest kind of disagreement in this material, and the least remarked on.
35 in the smorfia — frequently asked
Both are printed. Italian lists give the singular, Neapolitan ones the plural l'aucelluzze.
At 36 rather than 35 — l'acidduzzu. A one-square offset between the two boards is the commonest kind of disagreement in this material.