carcarazza

== Sicilian == === Alternative forms === carcarazzu m === Etymology === Maybe from an earlier *carcara, from which should derive also carcarijari (“to cackle, squawk, of birds”). Possible imitative. Compare, for more, Ancient Greek κόρᾰξ (kórăx), Byzantine Greek καρακάξα (karakáxa, “jay”), and Portuguese carcará. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kaɾ.kaˈɾat.t͡sa/, [kaɾ.kaˈɾa.t͡sːa], [ka.kːa-] Rhymes: -azza Hyphenation: car‧ca‧ràz‧za === Noun === carcarazza f (plural carcarazzi) magpie (Pica pica) Synonyms: ciaula, pìgula, gazza vuci di carcarazza ― discordant voice (literally, “magpie's voice”) a talkative woman; chatterbox a discordant music instrument (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?) a bad spinning top, which while spinning hops and screeches Hypernym: strùmmula (“spinning top”) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Italian: carcarazza (regional) === References === AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 504: “la gazza” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it Traina, Antonino (1868), “carcaràzza”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, pages 704–705 Pasqualino (c. 1790), “carcarazza”, in Vocabolario siciliano etimologico, italiano e latino (in Italian), volume 1, page 259