vaḍḍu

Sicilian

Alternative forms

  • vallu (non-retroflexed variant)

Etymology

From Latin vallum (“wall, rampart, entrenchment, palisade”), from Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn, wind, roll”). Cognate with Catalan val, Galician and Portuguese valo, Spanish valla, Italian vallo. Compare also English wall.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvaɖ.ɖʊ/ (standard)
  • Hyphenation: vàḍ‧ḍu

Noun

vaḍḍu m (plural vaḍḍi)

  1. (historical, Ancient Rome) the wooden fence built at the top of a rampart
  2. (historical, Ancient Rome, loosely) rampart, bulwark
  3. (historical, Sicily) territorial division of the island of Sicily, administered and politically controlled through the so-called vaḍḍu/vallo system

Derived terms

  • Vaḍḍu di Dèmuna
  • Vaḍḍu di Girgenti
  • Vaḍḍu di Mazzara
  • Vaḍḍu di Notu
  • avvaḍḍari
  • avvaḍḍatu
  • vaḍḍi
  • vaḍḍuni
  • vaḍḍusu

See also

  • cumarca
  • cumuni
  • cuntea
  • pruvincia
  • rijuni
  • Statu
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