cascavaddu

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Sicilian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From caciu (“cheese”) +‎ cavaḍḍu (“horse”).

Pronunciation[edit]

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Noun[edit]

cascavaḍḍu (plural cascavaḍḍi)

  1. (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)

  1. (nautical, archaic) cacciaccavallo (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)

References[edit]

  • Traina, Antonino (1868) “cascavaddu”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 748
  • Accademia della Crusca (p. 1961), “cacciaccavallo”, in Grande dizionario della lingua italiana (in Italian), volume 2, page 478
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