chatzu

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

• Chats, Chatz, Chazz
• Kàtz (Alsatian)
• chatza, chatzò, chàzzà (Walser)

Etymology

From Old High German kazza, earlier *katta, from Late Latin catta, feminine of cattus.

Noun

chatzu f

1. (Issime) cat

References

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien