cippu

Gallurese

Alternative forms

• zippu (Aggius)

Etymology

Inherited from Classical Latin cippus, of uncertain further origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃippu/

Noun

cippu m (plural cippi)

1. stump (of a tree)
2. log (of wood)
3. (in the plural) shackles

References

• Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes

Sicilian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin cippus. Cognate with Italian ceppo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃip.pu/ (Standard)
• Hyphenation: cìp‧pu

Noun

cippu m (plural cippi or cippa)

1. stem, trunk (base of the tree)

   Synonym: zuccu

2. block (wooden base for cutting meat or beheading)

   cippu di la ncùnija ― (wooden) anvil stand

3. log (piece of a tree trunk, for burning)
4. (figurative) descent, lineage, stock
5. (nautical) stock (of an anchor)
6. (typography) the superior of the two wooden beams at the sides of a printing press (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)

   Coordinate term: tressu

7. (in the plural) See cippi pl.

Derived terms

• accippari
• accippatu
• cippiteḍḍu
• ncippari
• scippari
• test' 'i cippu
• testa di cippu

 

Related terms

• aviri a testa dura comu a nu cippu
• aviri i jammi comu ê cippa

 

See also

• macchia
• ràdica
• zuccu
• àrburu

 

References

• Traina, Antonino (1868) “cippu”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 866
• Pasqualino (c. 1790) “cippu”, in Vocabolario siciliano etimologico, italiano e latino (in Italian), volume 1, page 323