cascia

Sicilian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Italianized spelling of caxa; possibly borrowed from Old Catalan caixa (“box”), from earlier Occitan caissa, from Latin capsa. Cognate with Aragonese, Catalan, Galician, and Portuguese caixa and, eventually, English cash.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkaʃʃa/
  • Hyphenation: cà‧scia

Noun

cascia f (plural casci)

  1. box

Derived terms

  • scasciari
  • scasciata
  • scasciatu
  • scasciumari
  • scasciumatu
  • scasciumi
  • scassa-baḍḍi
  • scassa-minchia
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