zuccu

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Sicilian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *tsucca, from Gaulish *tsukka, from Proto-Germanic *stukkaz (“stock; stump”). Cognate with Catalan soca, Spanish soca and French souche.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡suk.ku/ (Standard)
  • Hyphenation: zùc‧cu

Noun

zuccu m (plural zucca)

  1. stump (of a tree)
    Synonym: cippu
    O zuccu o ventu.
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  2. ear canal
    In full: zuccu di l'oricchia
  3. (in the plural) estate (a person's lands)
    aviri zucchi ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Descendants

  • → Maltese: zokk

See also

References

  • Traina, Antonino (1868) “zuccu”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 4649
  • Pasqualino (c. 1790) “zuccu”, in Vocabolario siciliano etimologico, italiano e latino (in Italian), volume 5, page 348
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