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Sicilian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic قَادُوس (qādūs).
Noun
catusu m (plural catusi)
- pipe, conduit, duct
- catusu mastru ― the main pipe, (figuratively) rectum
- catusu di chiummu ― lead pipe
- (figurative) Anything that is oblong and malformed.
Descendants
References
- Traina, Antonino (1868) “catusu”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 774
- Mortillaro, Vincenzo (1862) “catusu”, in Nuovo vocabolario siciliano-italiano (in Italian), page 159
- Pasqualino (c. 1790) “catusu”, in Vocabolario siciliano etimologico, italiano e latino (in Italian), volume 286