pisci d'ovu
Sicilian
Alternative forms
- pisci r'ovu, pisci r'uovu (rhotacized and/or diphtongized)
Etymology
From pisci + di + ovu, Literally, “fish of egg”, because it was prepared by the lower class who could not afford fish.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌpiʃ.ʃɪ.ˈdɔ.vʊ/ (Standard)
- IPA(key): /ˌpiʃ.ʃɪ.ˈɾɔ.vʊ/ (rhotacized)
- IPA(key): /ˌpiʃ.ʃɪ.ˈɾwɔ.vʊ/(rhotacized and diphtongized )
Hyphenation: pì‧sci‧d'ò‧vu
Noun
pisci d'ovu m (plural pisci d'ovu)
- (south-eastern Sicily, dish) A dish of beaten eggs, then fried with olive oil. It can be prepared by adding breadcrumbs and grated cheese in the mix, or any other local ingredient.
- Synonyms: frittata (“omelette, frittata”), frocia
Related terms
- ovu frijutu
- ovu ruttu
- ovu sbattutu
- ovu sodu
References
- AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1006: “la frittata” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
- Traina, Antonino (1868), “pisci”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 3107