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Italian
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *piccus.
Pronunciation
Noun
picca f (plural picche)
- pike
- pique, obstinancy, stubbornness, animosity
- (in the plural) spades (suit of playing cards)
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Possibly from Vulgar Latin *pīccō (“to strike, sting”), possible borrowing from Frankish *pikkōn (“to peck, strike”). Alternatively from Frankish *pīk (compare Dutch pik (“pick, pickaxe”)), or from pīcus (“woodpecker”).
Pronunciation
Noun
pīcca f (genitive pīccae); first declension
- pickaxe, pike
Declension
First-declension noun.
Descendants
Sicilian
Etymology
Uncertain, maybe from the root *peh₂w- (“few, small”).
Most likely from Vulgar Latin picca, from earlier *piccus, borrowed from Proto-Celtic *bikkos (“small, little”).
Eventually influenced by dissimilation by paucus (“few, little”). Cognate with Sicilian picciottu and pìcciulu. Compare Italian piccolo, Spanish pequeño, Romanian pic.
Pronunciation
Adverb
picca
- little, not much
- (followed by an adjective) little, not very, poorly
- Synonyms: n'anticchia, tanticchia, na pocu
Mi nn'hâ dari picca.- Give me just a little.
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