cacòcciula

• cacòcciulu, carciòffula

From Siculo-Arabic *cacoccia, from Arabic خُرْشُوف‎ (ḵuršūf) (definite form الْخُرْشُوف‎ (al-ḵuršūf)). Based on the forms *carsoffa (*carsòffula) that gave palatized *carcioffa (carciòffula), then another metathetic *carcoccia (carcòcciula)[1]. Compare Spanish alcachofa, Portuguese alcachofra, Catalan carxofa, Italian carciofo.

• IPA^(key): /kaˈkɔt.t͡ʃʊ.la/
• Hyphenation: ca‧còc‧ciu‧la

cacòcciula f (plural cacòcciuli)

1. artichoke

• → Maltese: qaqoċċa