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Sicilian
Etymology
From an unattested Vulgar Latin *caurcadunu, the metathesis and regressive assimilation of Vulgar Latin *qualqua(m) (from qualis (“of such kind as”) + quam (“how, as”)) + unus. Doublet of quarcadunu. Compare Sicilian soccadunu and Italian qualcheduno.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔk.kaˈdu.nu/ (Standard)
- IPA(key): /kɔk.kaˈɾu.nu/ (Rhotacized)
- Rhymes: -adunu
- Hyphenation: coc‧ca‧dù‧nu
Pronoun
coccadunu m (feminine coccaduna) (only singular)
- someone, somebody
- (in a question) anyone, anybody
- some (of them)
- Synonym: quarchi
- (in a question) any (of us etc)