vacca

• IPA^(key): /ˈvakːa/

From Latin vacca, from Proto-Indo-European *woḱéh₂. Cognates include Italian vacca and Spanish vaca.

vacca f (masculine toru, plural vacche)

1. cow (female cattle)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

vacca f (plural vacche)

1. red-black triplefin (Tripterygion tripteronotus)
2. cline (Cristiceps argentatus)
3. peacock blenny (Salaria pavo)

• “vacca” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

vacca f

1. alternative form of vaca

vacca (plural vaccas)

1. cow

Inherited from Latin vacca.

• IPA^(key): /ˈvak.ka/

• Audio (una vacca):

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• Rhymes: -akka
• Hyphenation: vàc‧ca

vacca f (plural vacche, diminutive vaccarèlla or vaccherèlla or vacchétta or (rare) vacchìna or (rare) vacchicìna, augmentative (also with figurative derogatory meaning) vaccóna f or vaccóne m, pejorative vaccàccia (uncommon, often used figuratively as an insult), derogatory (rare) vaccùccia)

1. cow

   Hyponym: mucca

2. (vulgar, slang, figurative, derogatory) whore, slut

• Because of the use as a derogatory term the synonym mucca (“milk-cow”) is sometimes preferred, even when not specifically referring to milk production.

• vaccino

• → Alemannic German: Wagge

• bue
• toro
• vitello

• vacca in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Uncertain. It could be connected with Sanskrit वशा (vaśā),^[1] perhaps suggesting a PIE form *ueḱ-éh₂. However, this theory does not explain the /a/ in the Latin form.^[2] Perhaps a Proto-Indo-European form *woḱéh₂ may also be reconstructed.^[3] However, De Vaan argues that Latin /a/ only emerged from Proto-Italic /o/ in open syllables.^[2]

Alternatively, it may derive from a form *wākā and be connected to Sanskrit vā́śati (“to roar”) and Latin vāgiō^[4] Based on this connection, De Vaan postulates a root *weh₂- and proposes that the Latin term may have semantically evolved from a pre-form with a meaning akin to "the bellowing one."^[2] Another possibility is that the term is related to the root Proto-Indo-European *weh₂g- (“to make a harsh sound”). However, in both proposals the origin of the consonant gemination (i.e. the <cc>) is disputed.^[5]

The classicist William F. Wyatt Jr. doubts the connection to Sanskrit वशा (vaśā), noting that—although the Sanskrit term can mean cow—it can also mean "barren." According to Wyatt, the differing meanings contradict a shared ancestor. Furthermore, Wyatt argues that it is unusual for Latin terms related to agriculture to have Sanskrit cognates, as—according to Wyatt—the majority of the shared vocabulary between the languages is related to religion or law. Moreover, Wyatt suggests that if the terms did originate from Proto-Indo-European, it is likely the common ancestor would only refer to female cattle. Wyatt considers it unusual for a Proto-Indo-European term to only refer to the members of a species belonging to a specific gender.^[6]

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈwak.ka]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈvak.ka]

vacca f (genitive vaccae); first declension

1. cow (female cattle)

First-declension noun.

• taurus

• bōs

• vaccifōrmis
• vaccīnus
• vaccula

• “vacca”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “vacca”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "vacca", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• vacca in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “vacca”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “vacca”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

vacca n

1. excrement

Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “vacca”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead >

vacca f (plural vaccas)

1. Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of vaca.
   • 1938, Graciliano Ramos, “Inverno [Winter]”, in Vidas Seccas [Barren Lives], Rio de Janeiro: Livraria José Olympio Editora, pages 101–102:

     As gotteiras pingavam, os chocalhos das vaccas tiniam, os sapos cantavam.

     The leaks dripped, the cows’ bells jingled, and the frogs croaked.

From Latin vacca.

vacca f (plural vaccas)

1. (Sursilvan) cow

• bacca

From Latin vacca.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbakka/, /ˈvakka/ (in certain Nuorese towns)

vacca

1. cow

• bàca

• vacchinu

From Latin vacca.

vacca f

1. cow