caciu

Sicilian

Alternative forms

• casu

Etymology

Palatalized variant of the earlier casu, through vulgar *kas(j)u, ultimately from Latin cāseus of unknown origin. Cognate with Italian cacio Neapolitan caso, Sardinian casu, Aragonese and Spanish queso, Portuguese queijo, Aromanian cash, Romanian caș. Doublet of casu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.ʃu/, [ˈka.ʃʊ]
• Rhymes: -aʃʊ
• Hyphenation: cà‧ciu

Noun

caciu m (plural caci)

1. (countable and uncountable) cheese

   Synonyms: tumazzu, furmaggiu, (outside of Sicily) casu

Derived terms

• caciu nta li maccarruna
• caciu-cavaḍḍu
• caciucavaḍḍu
• casazzu
• cascavaḍḍu

Related terms

• casaru

See also

• cagghiu
• casa
• cascia
• casteḍḍu
• cauciu
• causa
• furmaggiu
• latti
• ncasciatu
• pècura
• tuma
• tumazzu
• vacca

References

• Traina, Antonino (1868), “càciu”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 607
• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1217: “salare il formaggio” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it