cavuliciḍḍaru

Sicilian

Alternative forms

  • cauliciḍḍaru, cavulicciḍḍaru, cauliciddaru

Etymology

From cavuliceḍḍu (cole) + -aru (suffix fro agent nouns), from càvulu, Late Latin caulus, Latin caulis (stem, cabbage).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ka.ʋʊ.lɪ.ʃɪˈɖɖa.ɾʊ/ (Standard)
  • IPA(key): /ka.vʊ.lɪ.ʃɪˈɖɖa.ɾʊ/ (Voiced labiodental fricative)
  • Hyphenation: ca‧vu‧li‧ci‧ḍḍà‧ru

Noun

cavuliciḍḍaru m (plural cavuliciḍḍari)

  1. a broccoli-gatherer, a cabbage-seller
  2. more generally a forager from the wild, or a peddler of, edible herbaceous plants, esp. of the family Brassicaceae (coles, mustards, rapes)
    • 1875, Pitrè, Fiabe vol. VII, glossary, p. 316
      cavuliciḍḍaru or cauliciḍḍaru, i. a., s.m. cugghituri o vinnituri di cavuliceḍḍi e di autri erbi sarbaggi.
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