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Sicilian
Etymology
Diminutive of càvulu, Late Latin caulus, Latin caulis (“stem, cabbage”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka.ʋu.liˈʃɛ.ɖɖu/ (Standard)
- IPA(key): /ka.vu.liˈʃɛ.ɖɖu/ (Voiced labiodental fricative)
- Hyphenation: ca‧vu‧li‧cè‧ḍḍu
Noun
cavuliceḍḍu m (plural cavuliceḍḍi)
- (botany) cole, or various plants in the brassica family (cabbages, mustards, rapes)
- generally any such edible plant, cultivated or gathered in the wild.
- 1875, Pitrè, Fiabe vol. 1, XIX Lu Scavu
era un cavuciliḍḍaru (sic.), […] jennu a cavuliceḍḍi, nun avìa pututu truvari mancu un filu d'erba (a broccoli-rabe-gatherer […] searching for broccoli-rabe could not find a single leaf of the herb.)- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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