chatza

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

• Chats, Chatz, Chazz, Chaz
• Kàtz (Alsatian)
• chatzu, chatzò, chàzzà (Walser)

Etymology

From Old High German kazza, earlier *katta, from Late Latin catta, feminine of cattus.

Noun

chatza f

1. (Carcoforo, Formazza) cat

References

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien