ciaca

Sicilian

Etymology

Uncertain. Could be from Arabic [script needed] (kiaka)[1] or [script needed] (taciakì).[2] (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈça.ka/[3]
Hyphenation: cià‧ca

Noun

ciaca f (plural ciachi)

pebble

Descendants

→? Maltese: ċagħaq

References

Traina, Antonino (1868) “ciaca”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 836
Pasqualino (c. 1790) “ciaca”, in Vocabolario siciliano etimologico, italiano e latino (in Italian), volume 1, page 312
AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1673: “m'ha tirato un sasso” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it

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[1] Traina, Antonino (1868) “ciaca”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 836

[2] Pasqualino (c. 1790) “ciaca”, in Vocabolario siciliano etimologico, italiano e latino (in Italian), volume 1, page 312

[3] AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1673: “m'ha tirato un sasso” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it