casu

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Asturian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin cāsus.

Noun

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casu m (plural casos)

  1. case

Latin

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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cāsū m

  1. ablative singular of cāsus (a fall; falling down; accident, occurrence, chance event; end, termination; case)

Adverb

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cāsū (not comparable)

  1. accidentally, by accident, by chance

References

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  • casu”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

Lower Sorbian

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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casu

  1. locative singular of cas

Sardinian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkasu/, [ˈkäː.zu]

Etymology 1

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From Latin cāseus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kwh₂et- (to ferment). Compare Romanian caș, Spanish queso, Portuguese queijo.

Noun

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casu m (plural casos)

  1. cheese

Etymology 2

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From Latin cāsus.

Noun

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casu m (plural casos)

  1. case

Sicilian

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Etymology 1

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From Latin cāsus, likely borrowed via Italian caso.

Noun

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casu m (plural casi)

  1. coincidence, accident (event that happens by chance)
    Synonym: coincidenza
    È sulamenti un casu.
    It's just a coincidence.
  2. chance, fate
    Synonyms: fatu, sorti
    M'affidu ô casu.
    I trust to chance.
  3. case, circumstance, matter
    u casu di Sciaccathe case of Sciacca
  4. (grammar) case

References

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  • Traina, Antonino (1868) “casu”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, pages 760–761

Etymology 2

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Inherited from Latin cāseus. Doublet of caciu, probably borrowed from Italian cacio.

Noun

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casu m (plural casi)

  1. (Calabria, Salento, countable and uncountable) cheese
    Synonyms: tumazzu, caciu, furmaggiu

References

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  • 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