bussica
Sardinian edit
Alternative forms edit
- buscica, busica (Nuorese)
- busuca, piscica, pissuca, pisica, pissica (Logudorese)
- bucciuca, busciuca, bulluca, pisciuca (Campidanese)
Etymology edit
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 edit
Noun edit
bussica f (plural bussicas) (Logudorese, Nuorese)
References edit
- 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