caciu
Sicilian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Palatalized variant of the earlier casu, through vulgar *kas(j)u, ultimately from Latin cāseus of unknown origin. Cognate with Italian cacio Neapolitan caso, Sardinian casu, Aragonese and Spanish queso, Portuguese queijo, Aromanian cash, Romanian caș. Doublet of casu.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈka.ʃu/, [ˈka.ʃʊ]
- Rhymes: -aciu
- Hyphenation: cà‧ciu
Noun
caciu m (plural caci)
Derived terms
- caciu nta li maccarruna
- caciu-cavaḍḍu
- caciucavaḍḍu
- casazzu
- cascavaḍḍu
Related terms
- casaru
See also
References
- Traina, Antonino (1868) “càciu”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 607
- AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1217: “salare il formaggio” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it