vancu
Sicilian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Lombardic bank, from Proto-West Germanic *banki, from Proto-Germanic *bankiz. Cognate with Italian banco.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvan.ku/, [ˈvaŋ.ku]
- Hyphenation: vàn‧cu
Noun
vancu m (plural vanchi)
- (general sense) desk
- Synonyms: tàvulu, scrivanìa
- counter; bench, table
- Synonym: vancuni
- stall (selling goods)
- Synonym: vancareḍḍa
- (now dated) bank (institution to place or borrow money)
- Synonym: banca
Derived terms
- vancheri
- vanchettu
- vancu di Sicilia
- vancuni
Related terms
- caxa
- scannaturi
- scannu
Descendants
- → Italian: banco (regional)