occi

From Old French ocire, from Vulgar Latin *aucidere, from Latin occīdō, occīdere, from ob (“towards; facing”) + caedō (“I cut”).

occi

1. (Jersey) to kill

• tuer

From Vulgar Latin oclus, syncopated form of Latin oculus (“eye”), from Proto-Italic *okʷelos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷelos, derived from the root *h₃ekʷ- (“to see; eye”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔtt͡ʃi/

occi m (invariable)

1. (anatomy) eye

   Meronyms: archu di l'occi, biancu di l'occi, isthicca, rètina

   Holonym: fàccia

   • 1866, Luigi Luciano Bonaparte, “Cap. Ⅴ [Chapter 5]”, in Il Vangelo di S. Matteo volgarizzato in dialetto sardo sassarese‎, London, section 38, page 16:

     Abeddi intesu, ch’è iltaddu dittu: L’occi pall’occi; e la denti pa la denti.

     You have heard that it was said, "Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth"

   • 1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Lauda (29 abriri 1945) [Praise (April 29, 1945)]”, in La poesia di l'althri, Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 193:

     Fammi vidé l’occi, mòsthrami li mani

     Let me see your eyes, show me your hands

2. (botany) bud

   Synonyms: buttoni, gemma

• Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes