ciaca
Sicilian
Etymology
Uncertain. Could be from Arabic [script needed] (kiaka)[1] or [script needed] (taciakì).[2] (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈça.ka/[3]
- Hyphenation: cià‧ca
Noun
ciaca f (plural ciachi)
- pebble
Descendants
- →? Maltese: ċagħaq
References
- Traina, Antonino (1868), “ciaca”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 836
- Pasqualino (c. 1790), “ciaca”, in Vocabolario siciliano etimologico, italiano e latino (in Italian), volume 1, page 312
- AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1673: “m'ha tirato un sasso” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it