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Sicilian
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *plattus (“flat”). Compare Neapolitan chiatto and Italian piatto. Doublet of piattu (“plate”).
Adjective
chiattu (feminine singular chiatta, masculine and feminine plural chiatti)
- flat
- chiattu e tunnu ― loud and clear (literally, “flat and round”)
- fat, chubby, plump
- squashed
Descendants
Noun
chiattu m
- the flat part of the sword (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)
- dari di chiattu ― to hit with the flat part of the sword
References
- Traina, Antonino (1868) “chiattu”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 820
- Pasqualino (c. 1790) “chiattu”, in Vocabolario siciliano etimologico, italiano e latino (in Italian), volume 1, page 305
- Mortillaro, Vincenzo (1862) “chiattu”, in Nuovo vocabolario siciliano-italiano (in Italian), page 168