baccalaru

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Sicilian

Etymology

From Dutch bakaliaw, of uncertain origin. Possibly from Vulgar Latin *baccalarium (the place of the stick), Latin baculum (stick, staff), referring to the way cod were split and dried on wooden sticks.

If the element *bak- is a metathesis of *kab- (compare French cabillaud and German Kabeljau from Dutch kabeljauw), then the original form of the word could have been *cabalao, maybe meaning "large-headed fish" (cf. Ibero-Romance words, such as Spanish cabo, cabal, from Latin caput (head)).

Cognate to Catalan bacallà, Portuguese bacalhau, Spanish bacalao.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bak.kaˈla.ɾu/
  • Hyphenation: bac‧ca‧là‧ru

Noun

baccalaru m (plural baccalari)

  1. salt cod, stockfish
  2. (vulgar, slang) The female genitalia; the vulva and/or vagina.
    Mi fici tuccari u baccalaru!She made me touch her pussy