cippu

Sicilian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin cippus. Cognate with Italian ceppo.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃip.pʊ/ (Standard)
  • Hyphenation: cìp‧pu

Noun

cippu m (plural cippi or cippa)

  1. stem, trunk (base of the tree)
    Synonym: zuccu
  2. block (wooden base for cutting meat or beheading)
    cippu di la ncunia ― (wooden) anvil stand
  3. log (piece of a tree trunk, for burning)
  4. (figurative) descent, lineage, stock
  5. (nautical) stock (of an anchor)
  6. (typography) the superior of the two wooden beams at the sides of a printing press (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)
    Coordinate term: tressu
  7. (in the plural) See cippi pl.

Derived terms
  • accippari
  • accippatu
  • cippiteḍḍu
  • ncippari
  • scippari
  • aviri a testa dura comu nu cippu
  • aviri i jammi comu ê cippa

See also

References
  • Traina, Antonino (1868), “cippu”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, page 866
  • Pasqualino (c. 1790), “cippu”, in Vocabolario siciliano etimologico, italiano e latino (in Italian), volume 1, page 323
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