caudu
Sicilian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Through an early syncopic *caldu, ultimately from Latin cal(i)dus.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈkaw.du/, [ˈkaw.dʊ], [-ɾʊ] (standard)
- IPA(key): /ˈka.vu.du/, [ˈka.vʊ.dʊ], [-ɾʊ] (dieretic)
- Hyphenation: càu‧du
Adjective
[edit]caudu (feminine singular cauda, masculine and feminine plural caudi)
- hot
- Synonyms: vuḍḍenti, vugghienti
- Vidi ca l'acqua addivintau cauda.
- Hey, the water is now hot.
- said of food that is difficult to digest
- Nun ti manciari i pipi ca su' caudi.
- Do not eat sweet peppers they are “hot“.
Noun
[edit]caudu m
- (physics) Heat, thermal energy.
- Synonyms: calura, calurìa
- Di quannu l'omu spirtìu nnê scienzi tècnichi, u diviluppu nnustriali pari ca fici sbummijari nu caudu ca un si vidìa di migghiara di anni.
- Since mankind has improved in the technical sciences, industrial development has exploded a heat that has not been seen for thousands of years.
- (uncountable) The condition or quality of being hot.
- Nun stari ô caudu!
- Stay out of the heat of the sun!
- (uncountable) An attribute of a spice that causes a burning sensation in the mouth.
- Ora u caudu si senti.
- I can feel the heat.
- (uncountable) A condition where a mammal is aroused sexually or where it is especially fertile and therefore eager to mate; oestrus.
- Synonym: caluri
- A ḍḍa cani ci vinni u caudu.
- That female dog is in heat.