cãtushi

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• cãtushe, cãtushã

Etymology

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

cãtushi f (masculine equivalent cãtush)

1. cat

Synonyms

• matsã