ghjacaru

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Corsican

Un ghjacaru.

Alternative forms

Etymology

Probably from Vulgar Latin *cattulus (“whelp, puppy”), from Latin catŭlus (“puppy”).[1][2][3]

Or, from or influenced by a metathesis of Basque txakur, xakur (“puppy”);[4] however, this has been dismissed as speculative.[5] Compare Spanish cachorro and Sardinian giagaru.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɟakaru/, /ˈɟaɡaru/

Noun

ghjacaru m (plural ghjacari)

  1. (Ultramontane dialects) dog (Canis familiaris)

Synonyms

  • (Cismontane dialects) cane

References

  1. ^ “cachorro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
  2. ^ Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN
  3. ^ “cachorro” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
  4. ^ Spanish in Contact: Issues in Bilingualism. (1996). United States: Cascadilla Press, p. 3
  5. ^ Trask, R. L. (2013). The History of Basque. United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis, p. 416
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