pisci d'ovu

Sicilian

Alternative forms

• pisci r'ovu, pisci r'uovu (rhotacized and/or diphtongized)

Etymology

From pisci + di + ovu, Literally, “fish of egg”, because it was prepared by the lower class who could not afford fish.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌpiʃ.ʃi.ˈdɔ.vu/ (Standard)
• IPA^(key): /ˌpiʃ.ʃi.ˈɾɔ.vu/ (rhotacized)
• IPA^(key): /ˌpiʃ.ʃi.ˈɾwɔ.vu/(rhotacized and diphtongized)

Hyphenation: pì‧sci‧d'ò‧vu

Noun

pisci d'ovu m (plural pisci d'ovu)

1. (south-eastern Sicily, dish) A dish of beaten eggs, then fried with olive oil. It can be prepared by adding breadcrumbs and grated cheese in the mix, or any other local ingredient.

   Synonyms: frittata (“omelette, frittata”), frocia

Related terms

• ovu frijutu
• ovu ruttu
• ovu sbattutu
• ovu sodu

 

References

• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1006: “la frittata” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
• Traina, Antonino (1868) “pisci”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 3107