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picca

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Italian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *piccus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpik.ka/
Rhymes: -ikka
Hyphenation: pìc‧ca

Noun

picca f (plural picche)

pike
pique, obstinancy, stubbornness, animosity
(in the plural) spades (suit of playing cards)

Latin

Alternative forms

pīca, pīcha, pīcea, pīcta

Etymology

Possibly from Vulgar Latin *pīccō (“to strike, sting”), possible borrowing from Frankish *pikkōn (“to peck, strike”). Alternatively from Frankish *pīk (compare Dutch pik (“pick, pickaxe”)), or from pīcus (“woodpecker”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpiːk.ka/, [ˈpiːkːä]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpik.ka/, [ˈpikːä]

Noun

pīcca f (genitive pīccae); first declension

pickaxe, pike

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	pīcca	pīccae
genitive	pīccae	pīccārum
dative	pīccae	pīccīs
accusative	pīccam	pīccās
ablative	pīccā	pīccīs
vocative	pīcca	pīccae

Descendants

Old French: pike, pikke
- Middle French: picque, pique
  - French: pique
  - → Dutch: pijk, piek, pike
  - → English: pique
  - → Portuguese: pique
  - → Spanish: pique
- → Middle English: pike, pyke, pyk (partially from Old English pīc)
  - English: pike
- → Irish: píce
Iberian:
- Aragonese: pica
- Asturian: pica
- Old Galician-Portuguese: pica
  - Galician: pica
  - Portuguese: pica
- Spanish: pica
Italian: picca
Old Occitan:
- Occitan: piqua, (Aranese) pique
- Catalan: pica

Sicilian

Etymology

Uncertain, maybe from the root *peh₂w- (“few, small”). Most likely from Vulgar Latin picca, from earlier *piccus, borrowed from Proto-Celtic *bikkos (“small, little”). Eventually influenced by dissimilation by paucus (“few, little”). Cognate with Sicilian picciottu and pìcciulu. Compare Italian piccolo, Spanish pequeño, Romanian pic.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpikːa/

Adverb

picca

little, not much
(followed by an adjective) little, not very, poorly
Synonyms: n'anticchia, tanticchia, na pocu

Mi nn'hâ dari picca.
Give me just a little.

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