cuccìa

See also: cuccia and Cuccia

Sicilian

Etymology

Borrowed from Byzantine Greek κουκκία (koukkía, “broad beans”). Compare Ukrainian кутя́ (kutjá).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kutˈt͡ʃi.a/, [kʊˈt͡ːʃiːa̠]
  • Rhymes: -ia
  • Hyphenation: cuc‧cì‧a

Noun

cuccìa f (uncountable)

  1. (chiefly Sicily, especially Syracuse) Soup of boiled wheatberries, sugar and other varying ingredients, traditionally eaten on December 13, the feast day of Saint Lucy.
    Hypernyms: suppa f, pitaggiu m
  2. (province of Cosenza, Calabria) Dish with boiled wheatberries and goat and pig meat.

Descendants

  • → Maltese: quċċija, qoċċija

References

  • Traina, Antonino (1868), “cuccìa”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 1051

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