saccaiu

Sardinian

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Catalan sagal, from Spanish zagal, from Andalusian Arabic زغال (young; brave), from Classical Arabic زغلول (boy).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sakˈkaju/

Noun

saccaiu m (plural saccai)

  1. (Gallurese, Sassarese) hogget
    Hypernym: agnoni