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Sicilian
Alternative forms
- 'ucca (voiced labiodental fricative apheresis)
- ucca (eye dialect)
Etymology
From Latin bucca.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈβukka/ (Received pronunciation)
- IPA(key): /ˈvukka/ (Older pronunciation)
- Hyphenation: vùc‧ca
Noun
vucca f (plural vucchi)
- (anatomy) The opening of a creature through which food is ingested.
"Rapi a vucca e fai 'aah'" dissi u dutturi.- "Open your mouth and say 'aah'," directed the doctor.
- The end of a river out of which water flows into a sea or other large body of water.
A vucca dû ciumi è nu bonu puntu pi taliari l'auceḍḍi nnâ primavera e nni l'autunnu.- The mouth of the river is a good place to go birdwatching in spring and autumn.
- An outlet, aperture or orifice.
- (slang, metonymically) A locutor, a speaker, one who utters.
Vucca ca nun parra si chiama cucuzza- Mouth who does not talk is a pumpkin.
- (slang, metonymically) One person, one head
Cc'èranu cincu vucchi di fari manciari.- There were five mouths to feed.
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