tucca

== Latin == === Etymology === Unknown, probably Celtic or from a Pre-Celtic substrate, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *tewk- (“to swell; fat”). Cognate of Umbrian toco (“liquid lard”) and Gaulish tuccus (“back”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈtʊk.ka] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈtuk.ka] === Noun === tucca f (genitive tuccae); first declension some kind of sauce or broth, possibly liquid lard ==== Usage notes ==== This word appears in the Latin–Greek glossary of Pseudo-Philoxenus with the Greek gloss κατάχυμα ζωμοῦ (katákhuma zōmoû, “lard sauce”). ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== tuccētum ==== Descendants ==== Friulian: tocj Italian: tocco Ligurian: tuccu Spanish: tuco Venetan: tocio === See also === Tucca === References === Ernout, Alfred; Meillet, Antoine (1985), “tucca, tuccētum”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots (in French), 4th edition, with additions and corrections of Jacques André, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001, page 706