Pastina, in the family of small pasta types, means little pasta. When you add I-N-A or I-N-O – feminine and masculine suffixes, respectively — to any word in Italian, it means little.
Noodles are made from flour that is the staple food of the area, so they can be made from wheat flour, mung bean flour, buckwheat flour, potato flour or rice flour. Chinese egg noodles, made with ...