Aromanian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Late Latin cattus or catta, with a diminutive suffix -ushi / -ushe added later (the original root would have been *catu or *catã). Compare the Daco-Romanian cognate cătușă (handcuffs), which underwent further semantic change and lost the original meaning.

Noun edit

cãtushi f (masculine equivalent cãtush)

  1. cat

Synonyms edit