ghjacaru

Corsican
Un ghjacaru.

Alternative forms

Etymology

Probably from Vulgar Latin *cattulus (“whelp, puppy”), from Latin catŭlus (“puppy”).[1][2][3]

Or, from or influenced by a metathesis of Basque txakur, xakur (“puppy”);[4] however, this has been dismissed as speculative.[5] Compare Spanish cachorro and Sardinian giagaru.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɟakaru/, /ˈɟaɡaru/

Noun

ghjacaru m (plural ghjacari)

  1. (Ultramontane dialects) dog (Canis familiaris)

Synonyms
  • (Cismontane dialects) cane

References
  1. “cachorro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
  2. Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN
  3. “cachorro” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
  4. Spanish in Contact: Issues in Bilingualism. (1996). United States: Cascadilla Press, p. 3
  5. Trask, R. L. (2013). The History of Basque. United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis, p. 416
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.