cascavaddu
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Sicilian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- cascavallu (regional or archaic)
Etymology 1
[edit]From caciu (“cheese”) + cavaḍḍu (“horse”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Noun
[edit]cascavaḍḍu (plural cascavaḍḍi)
- (countable and uncountable) caciocavallo (type of cheese)
Descendants
[edit]- → Ottoman Turkish: قاشقوال (kaşkaval) (see there for further descendants)
- → Italian: caciocavallo (calque) (together with Neapolitan) (see there for further descendants)
Etymology 2
[edit]Akin to Italian cacciaccavallo.
Noun
[edit]cascavaḍḍu (plural cascavaḍḍi)
- (nautical, archaic) cacciaccavallo (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)