bussica

Sardinian

Alternative forms
  • buscica, busica (Nuorese)
  • busuca, piscica, pissuca, pisica, pissica (Logudorese)
  • bucciuca, busciuca, bulluca, pisciuca (Campidanese)

Etymology

From Italian vescica, vessica and other Italo-Romance variants, from Latin vessīca, variant of vēsīca.

The Italian route of transmission is indicated by the absence, from Logudorese and Campidanese, of any variant with voiced /-ɡ-/.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /busˈsika/

Noun

bussica f (plural bussicas) (Logudorese, Nuorese)

  1. bladder

References
  • Rubattu, Antoninu (2006), “vescica”, in Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes
  • Wagner, Max Leopold (1960–1964), “bussíkka”, in Dizionario etimologico sardo, Heidelberg
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